Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester NPG 6989a
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown artist
This is a rare example of a medal commissioned by Leicester to distribute among his followers and expresses his displeasure at having to depart from the Netherlands. The reverse shows a sheepdog leaving his flock with inscriptions that can be translated as 'Unwillingly I forsake ... not the flock, but the unthankfull.'
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










