Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston NPG Ax11938

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by W. & D. Downey

Politician who served twice as Prime Minister. He was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal. He served successively as: Secretary at War (1809-28); Foreign Secretary (1830-41 and 1846-51); Home Secretary (1853-5) and Prime Minister (1855-8 and 1859-65). He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through a period when the United Kingdom was at the height of its colonial power. His vigorous... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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