Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Napper Tandy ('Napper Tandy') NPG D12710

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

A Dublin tradesman, Tandy gained fame as a commander in the 'volunteers' - a loyal corps, formed in response to the threat of French invasion. Disillusioned with continuing restrictions on Irish commerce, he joined the radical United Irishmen and attempted to form a coalition between them and the declining 'volunteers'. He was unsuccessful and fled to Paris where he was assigned a small party of troops to create the nucleus of an Irish army. The plot was discovered and Tandy was arrested and sentenced to... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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