Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Patrick Crichton NPG D16506

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Kay

The Edinburgh Volunteers, referred to as 'the Awkward Squad', were formed in 1794 to repress sedition, and were a political rather than a military body. In the early nineteenth century, with the country under threat of invasion from Napoleon, thousands of British volunteers were drilled every night. Colonel Crichton served as an army officer in America during the War of Independence, before returning to work in the family's coach-building firm. He commanded the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers' first regiment, conspicuous here for their civic portliness and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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