Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Catherine of Braganza NPG D32669

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Edward Davis (Le Davis), after John Baptist Gaspers (Jaspers), published by Moses Pitt

The Roman Catholic queen of Charles II and daughter of John, Duke of Braganza, later King of Portugal. Catherine came to England in 1662, bringing a dowry of Tangier, Bombay and £300,000. Shy, solemn and pious, she was regarded as unsophisticated and plain. Catherine became devoted to Charles, but her inability to provide him with an heir, and his many infidelities, caused her great unhappiness. However, he resisted pressure to divorce her, and seems to have felt genuine affection for her.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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