Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mary, Queen of Scots NPG D13178

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke), after Unknown artist

This engraving was made after Mary's death, and was probably based by the engraver, Elstrack, on her effigy in Westminster Abbey, which itself derived from the Hilliard miniature. Elstrack's print was made as part of a series of portrait prints of Kings and Queens of England, plus some other related royals, called the Baziliologia, published in 1618. The reason for Mary's inclusion in the series is made clear by the inscription around her portrait: she was 'Mother to our Soveraigne Lord James of greate Brittaine... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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