Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu NPG D33097

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt

Inheriting the title Duke of Montagu in 1709, John Montagu held a number of posts at court and was a prominent Freemason, but took little interest in politics. He was known for his unusual acts of charity, such as funding the Cambridge education of a Jamaican slave named Francis Williams. He was also a lover of practical jokes, and kept a hospital for old cows and horses. Kind-hearted and generous by nature, Montagu believed that the struggle for wealth and power destroyed a more generous... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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