Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Patrick Grant NPG Ax52358

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Camille Silvy

In 1820 Patrick Grant entered the Bengal Native Infantry in the service of the East India Company. In the 1830s and 1840s, he served as an officer in most of the major campaigns in China and India. By 1856, he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant-General and was placed in command of the Madras Army. A year later, Grant was appointed provisional commander-in-chief of the Army in India, the first East India Company officer to hold this office. After directing the operations against the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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