Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King George IV; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NPG D20038

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Michael Sloane, published by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Richard Cosway

George, Prince of Wales was given no official duties by his father King George III. Jockeying for power, he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox. When the King went temporarily insane in 1788 William Pitt, the Tory Prime Minister, proposed a restricted Regency to protect the King's interests. The King's recovery three months later ended the 'Regency Crisis'. The Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness. George was sworn Regent... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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