Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Arthur Hesilrige NPG D28931

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by R. Grave

Colonel Sir Arthur Hesilrige was a powerful Republican politician and distinguished soldier. He was one of the five Members of Parliament who, warned of Charles I's intention to impeach them, fled the House of Commons on 3 January 1642; this was a key moment in the breakdown of the King's authority. In the war Hesilrige commanded a cavalry regiment known as the 'lobsters' on account of their old fashioned full armour. At the Restoration his life was saved because he had refused to sign... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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