Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke NPG 1493

© National Portrait Gallery, London

attributed to Jonathan Richardson

Bolingbroke's distinguished early career as Tory Secretary of State came to an end with he accession of George I in 1715. Shortly after, he fled to France to escape trial for his alleged intrigues against the Hanoverian succession. In France, Bolingbroke joined the exiled King James the 'Old Pretender' as his Secretary of State only to be dismissed for his reluctant support for the Jacobite Rising in Scotland. He returned to England on his pardon in 1726, with his essays in the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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