'Cromwell's family interceding for the life of King Charles the First' Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Cromwell's family interceding for the life of King Charles the First' NPG D32080

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Scott, published by Thomas Boys, after William Fisk

A country gentleman who became a soldier, statesman and finally Lord Protector of Great Britain. As MP for Huntingdon and then Cambridge, Cromwell was an outspoken critic of King Charles I. His military skills and God-fearing tenacity were decisive factors in the Parliamentarian victory in the Civil Wars, and he was prominent among those who first treated with, and then executed the King in 1649. He achieved military success in Ireland in 1649, where he carried out brutal massacres. He led the New Model... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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