Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

James Wolfe NPG 4415

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Joseph Wilton

In designing this posthumous bust, the sculptor Joseph Wilton allegedly had Wolfe's coffin opened so he could sketch Wolfe's face, but found it 'much too much distorted'. Instead, he created an idealised portrait of a hero, stated to be based on a servant of Lord Gower's who was very like Wolfe, wearing the armour of an ancient Roman soldier. The wolf motifs on the shoulders are a pun on the General's name. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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