Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir (Henry) Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Bt NPG x28168

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Watkins

Having distinguished himself as an imperial administrator in India and Zanzibar, Bartle Frere was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1877. He attempted to create a confederation of South Africa, whereby the British territories and Boer republics would be brought together as a single dominion. Believing a precondition for this policy to be the subjugation of Zululand, he ordered the invasion in 1879. The military disaster of Isandlwana and embarrassments such as the death of the French Prince Imperial dealt a permanent blow both... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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