Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Laud; Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford NPG D16299

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck

The son of a Reading draper, Laud prospered under the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham and was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. He supported the political and religious policies of Charles I and carried out Strafford's policy of 'Thorough' in ecclesiastical affairs, working for uniformity of doctrine and practice. His attempt to impose uniformity on the church provoked armed resistance in Scotland. Parliament impeached and imprisoned him in 1640-1 and he was beheaded in 1645.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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