Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington NPG D16724

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Peter Lely

An important politician, Bennet was appointed Secretary of State at the Restoration, and led the opposition to the Earl of Clarendon in the Council. He later became the dominant figure in the so-called 'Cabal' ministry, and was privy to the secret part of the Treaty of Dover, made in 1670 between Charles II and Louis XIV. He was created Earl of Arlington and a Knight of the Garter in 1672, but was unpopular and perceived as a promoter of Catholicism and a schemer. He... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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