Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere NPG x38978

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Maull & Polyblank

Wellington tended to be suspicious, not without reason, of the performance of his cavalry units and their commanders. Lord Combermere, however, proved a success in Spain, and was in overall command of the division that charged so brilliantly at Salamanca in 1812. 'By God, Cotton,' said Wellington', I never saw anything so beautiful in my life; the day is yours.' Wellington, however, had a firm view of Combermere's limitations; when asked why he had recommended his appointment to command a campaign in Burma, when... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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