Battle Royal Between the Whig National School Boys & the Tory Charity Crabs Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Battle Royal Between the Whig National School Boys & the Tory Charity Crabs NPG D46056

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Gabriel Shire Tregear, and by Charles Jameson Grant

Fifth son of George III, Ernest Augustus served in the English and Hanoverian armies during the war with France. He was created Duke of Cumberland in 1799. He entered the House of Lords as an ardent Tory who opposed Catholic emancipation and the Reform Act. His repressive politics and private influence over the Prince Regent, made the Duke the subject of much popular resentment. In 1810, amid rumours of incest and the murder of his valet, he suffered an assassination attempt. When ... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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