Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The lord of the vineyard' NPG D12333

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey

This print satirises the newly created coalition government of Charles James Fox and Frederick North who were previously sworn political enemies. The triangular composition shows at its pinnacle the Duke of Portland, the nominal premier of the coalition ministry, handing down the ripe fruits of office to his two hungry ministers - Fox became Foreign Secretary, North, Home Secretary. The uneasy alliance between Fox and North was mistrusted by both men's supporters who felt they had been used for each politician's own selfish purposes. It... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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