Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Edward Hoby NPG 1974

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist

Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) has indicated that the tree used for this panel was felled some time after 1579, and derives from the Eastern Baltic. This tells us that the wood was put to use as a panel very soon after it was imported. Hoby's baton, lower left, is inscribed with a motto which can be translated 'anger without strength is vain'. The mysterious inset scene at the top right shows a woman standing in front of a castle and holding a scroll or banner on... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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