Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Edward Michael Pakenham NPG 1914(9)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Heaphy

Pakenham's great moment came at the battle of Salamanca in July 1812; his division, concealed from the over-extended French, was ordered by Wellington to attack: 'Ned,d'ye see those fellows on the hill? Throw your division into column; at them and drive them to the devil.' He did, and the victory was assured. Pakenham rendered Wellington further service as head of military police, effectively suppressing rape and pillage. He was killed in 1815, not at Waterloo, but at New Orleans in the unsuccessful war against... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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