Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edmund Burke NPG D922

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Kingsbury, published by Lee & Hunst

Burke was one of the eighteenth century's leading statesmen, political thinkers and writers. His impact on the Regency age centres on his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a major work opposing the French Revolution which laid the foundations of modern British conservatism. Originally a Whig, he showed liberal support for the North American colonies and Catholic emancipation. Despite his early reputation as a reformer, Burke's Reflections expressed fears that revolutionary ideals would violently destroy essential British traditions and institutions. These views led... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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