King Charles II and Colonel William Carlos (Careless) in the Royal Oak Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles II and Colonel William Carlos (Careless) in the Royal Oak NPG 5249

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Isaac Fuller

The third of a set of five scenes that commemorate Charles II's dramatic escape from Parliamentarian forces following his defeat in the final battle of the civil wars. King Charles I was executed in 1649 and two years later his son Charles returned from exile in an attempt to regain the throne. He rallied his supporters at Worcester but on 3 September 1651 the royalists were decisively defeated by Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army. For the next six weeks the fugitive evaded Parliamentarian forces... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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