Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax NPG 2962

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Mary Beale

A statesman and writer, Halifax was a favourite of Charles II; his best-known political tract, 'Character of a Trimmer', urged Charles to shake off the influence of his brother James. As a Privy Councillor he attempted to steer a moderate course between extreme Protestants, High Church Tories and Roman Catholics, but he was dismissed at the accession of James in 1685. Halifax was closely involved in the revolution of 1688, and presided over the council of lords which arranged the succession of ... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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