Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Pym NPG D40780

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Unknown artist

One of the most influential Parliamentarians, in 1628 Pym led the demand for a Petition of Right as a curb to Royal power. His own power and influence grew rapidly and he played a leading part in the impeachment and trial of Strafford in 1641. In the following year, the King offered him the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer in an unsuccessful attempt to secure his support. Later in the same year, however, Pym was one of the ‘Five Members’ who the… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.