Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia NPG x84381

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Claiming direct descent from the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon of ancient Israel through his paternal grandmother's lineage, Selaissie was an influential figure in history who brought Ethiopia into the League of Nations and the United Nations. In 1947 he sent a charitable gesture of £1,000 through the Ethiopian embassy to the British government after a request for aid due to heavy flooding in Britain. Although an ally of the West, he pursued a firm policy of decolonisation in Africa from European colonial rule.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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