Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn; Queen Victoria NPG D11130

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by William Skelton, after Sir William Beechey

In part a continuation of the fashion for charming mother and daughter portraits, this seemingly sentimental image also had a serious dynastic purpose. Thought to have been originally commissioned by Prince Leopold, this portrait by the established court artist, William Beechey, helped to assert little Victoria's rightful claim to the throne by showing her clapsing the miniature portrait of her deceased royal father. Known as 'Drina' in her formative years, she was not officially recognised as the heir apparent until 1830, when King... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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