King William IV Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
King William IV NPG 316a(142)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Annotated: 'Drawing from King William IV with a Camera Lucida ten days after his accession to the throne'. The bust was completed the next year, and is at Penshurst Place.
Chantrey designed the profile of the king that appeared on the coinage, possibly based on this drawing. He also made a bust of the king, that was widely praised for preserving 'a very strong likeness, and without gross flattery and to give a kingly air to it'. King William was George IV's brother, and... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










