Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford NPG D31613

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Anthony van Dyck

During the Civil War, William Russell changed sides twice. After the Restoration in 1660, he disagreed with the new King as well. In 1683 he could not prevent his son and heir, Lord William Russell, from being executed for his involvement in the Rye House plot - a failed attempt to assassinate Charles II and his brother the Duke of York. Russell then retired from politics, but he again rose to prominence under William and Mary, who awarded him a Dukedom. He died... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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