Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century NPG Ax41191

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall

A Whig aristocrat, Rosebery was twice Foreign Secretary, firstly in 1886 and then from 1892 to 1894. He succeeded William Gladstone as Prime Minister and served in this office from 1894 to 1895. His selection was seen largely as the consequence of Queen Victoria's dislike for most of the leading Liberals of the day. Rosebery's government is considered to have been fairly unsuccessful. His designs in foreign policy, such as expansion of the fleet, were defeated by disagreements within the Liberal Party,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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