Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Deputation to Lord Salisbury NPG D6599

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by Harry Furniss

Conservative politician who was elected prime minister on three separate occasions: 1885-6, 1886-92 and 1895-1902. Salisbury entered the House of Commons in 1853 as MP for Stamford, Lincolnshire until he was raised to the peerage in 1868. He also served as Secretary of State for India under Disraeli (1874-8) and as Foreign Secretary (1878-80, 1887-92 and 1895-1900). He was a staunch imperialist and an opponent of reforms under liberal governments.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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