Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The fall of Phaeton' (King George IV; Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe)) NPG D12997

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores

George, Prince of Wales was given no official duties by his father King George III. Jockeying for power, he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox. When the King went temporarily insane in 1788 William Pitt, the Tory Prime Minister, proposed a restricted Regency to protect the King's interests. The King's recovery three months later ended the 'Regency Crisis'. The Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness. George was sworn Regent... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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