Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Oliver Plunket (St Oliver Plunket) NPG 262

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by or after Garrett Morphey, possibly after Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)

Appointed Archbishop of Armagh in 1669, Plunket was the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic Church in Ireland at a time when Catholic clergy were outlawed. He was forced to perform his ministry in secret, living in a network of safe houses and travelling in disguise. In the frenzied atmosphere of the Popish Plot, he was captured and falsely accused of planning a 70,000-strong Catholic rebellion. Brought to trial in London and found guilty of high treason, he became the most senior clerical victim of the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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