Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NPG D33360

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Marie Anne Bourlier, published by Edward Harding, after Sir William Beechey

This dignified portrait by the court artist, Sir William Beechey, and the vibrant one by Sir Thomas Lawrence, represent the handsome appearance of the Prince of Wales' rejected wife. Contradicting his assessment of her as ugly, they indicate her strength of character. Approved by the sympathetic public, her impetuous nature earned her the prince's hatred. Equally disenchanted, she declared of her groom: 'He is very fat and nothing as handsome as his portrait.' In 1806 he instigated the 'Delicate Investigation', hoping to prove she... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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