Thomas Killigrew Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Thomas Killigrew NPG D22827

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Faithorne, after William Sheppard

The son of a courtier of James I, Killigrew became a page to King Charles I at about the age of thirteen. Before the English civil war, he wrote several plays including his most popular work, The Parson's Wedding (1637). A Royalist, in 1647 he followed Prince Charles into exile and travelled around Europe with him. At the Restoration in 1660, Charles rewarded his loyalty by making him Groom of the Bedchamber. He was given a royal warrant in 1660 to form... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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