Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Arthurs Seat' (Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey; Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt; Sir Frances Burdett, 5th Bt; King George IV; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Daniel O'Connell; Elizabeth Conyngham (née Denison), Marchioness Conyngham) NPG D48759

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by S. Gans

As Lord Paget, Anglesey served with great distinction as cavalry commander under Sir John Moore during the retreat to Corunna in 1809, the 'Dunkirk' of the Peninsular war. He was prevented from serving under Wellington's in the Peninsula by a scandal: he ran off with Wellington's brother Henry's wife Lady Charlotte Wellesley. Wellington, though, was happy to accept him as a subordinate for the Waterloo campaign, crushing a colleague who reminded him of Anglesey's reputation with: 'I'll take good care he don't run... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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