Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King James I of England and VI of Scotland in Parliament NPG D18234

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)

King James had a well-grounded fear of plots. His father Lord Darnley was blown up when James was eight months old and his mother Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned by Elizabeth I and beheaded in 1587. When James was crowned King of England following Elizabeth's death in 1603, he tried to foster a new sense of national unity and peace. This print shows James and his ministers as they would have appeared in Parliament on 5 November 1605.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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