Queen Mary I Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Queen Mary I NPG 4174
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)
This pair of portraits of Mary and Philip are dated 1555 and may have been produced to celebrate their union. It is likely that these images were made in multiple versions, possibly as gifts for courtiers both in England and abroad. Soon after their marriage Mary was thought to be pregnant but by June 1555 this proved untrue, and Philip left England only a few months later.
The likeness of Mary derives from a portrait made by Antonis Mor in 1554. Mor was one... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










