Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The Bourbons Fall or Priestcraft and Despotism rewarded' (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Louis-Philippe I, King of the French; Jules Auguste Armand Marie, Prince de Polignac; Charles X, King of France; probably Charles-Ignace, Comte de Pe...) NPG D48830

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by H.H.R., published by Samuel William Fores

The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who achieved peace in Europe when he led the campaign to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became leader of the Tory party and, as Prime Minister, from 1828-1830, he carried an important, if controversial, act that allowed Catholic emancipation in Britain. However, he was vigorously opposed to the recasting of electoral boroughs... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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