Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings NPG D35570

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by John Jones, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

An Irish army officer and politician, Hastings was widely commended for his bravery during the American War of Independence (1775-83). On his return to Ireland in 1781, he was captured by the French army but was soon after released in Paris in a prisoner exchange. After returning to Britain, Hastings became the close friend of the Prince Regent and a supporter of Irish Catholic relief. In 1812, he was appointed governor-general of India but resigned nine years later due to his implication in a... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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