Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

A Royal Commission NPG D41008

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean

Erskine joined the Army in around 1778, but the first part of his career was spent as a politician. He entered Parliament as an MP in 1782, and swiftly made a reputation for himself in the House of Commons as a forceful speaker in Opposition. From 1792, Erskine turned his attention more actively to soldiering. He served in the Mediterranean and went on to become commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. Erskine (by now Lord Roskine) was sent on a mission to Lisbon in 1805 to report... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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