Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Isaac Barré NPG D640

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Houston, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton

Politician and soldier, Barré was born in Dublin to French parents. He entered the army and fought alongside General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec, 1759. Entering Parliament in 1761, he gained a fearsome reputation as a scourge of corruption and a champion of the American colonies. His phrase 'Sons of Liberty' became a Patriot slogan during the American War of Independence, 1775-82. He shared John Wilkes's royal enmity and mastery of radical invective; the town of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, founded 1769, commemorates their... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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