Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'French democrats surprising the royal runaways' NPG D12422

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

King of France from 1774, grandson of Louis XV and son of Louis the Dauphin. Louis married Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Empress Maria Teresa of Austria, in 1770 when she was only fourteen. They lived a life of unparalleled luxury at Versailles but French finances fell into such confusion during Louis's reign that in 1789 the Estates-General had to be summoned. They declared themselves the National Assembly and the French Revolution began. Louis attempted to flee France in 1791 but was prevented.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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