Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley NPG D46280

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard James Lane, printed by C. Graf, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay

Brother of the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley played a vital role in the consolidation of British rule in India during the Regency. In 1793 he became a commissioner of the Board of Control for India, and in 1797 was appointed Governor-General. Wellesley pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, partly in order to reduce the French presence. He also sought to establish an Indian civil service college in Calcutta, but the scheme was rejected. In 1802 he refused to implement the British government's... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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