Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland NPG D21365

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert Williams, after Sir Peter Lely

The favourite mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, Barbara Villiers was a dominant presence both at court and in the public's imagination. She married Roger Palmer, later the Earl of Castlemaine, in 1659, and met Charles soon after. She was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen in spite of the latter's protests. Regarded as the foremost beauty of her day, she acquired great wealth and had at least five children with the King. She became a Catholic in 1663,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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