Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood NPG D35436

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after John Jackson

Henry Lascelles entered Parliament as MP for Yorkshire in 1796. He was re-elected in 1802, but did not stand in 1806. In 1807, he again contested the seat in an election that was memorable for the vast amount of money, almost £100,000 that Lascelles spent on his unsuccessful campaign. Lascelles was able to fund this lavish spending through the fortune his family made in the West Indies. When the slave trade was abolished, Lascelles received a vast sum in compensation for the six plantations he... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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