Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Jane (née Lane), Lady Fisher NPG D29194

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by George Vertue

Royalist who played a heroic role in the escape of Charles II in 1651. After the Battle of Worcester in September 1651, Charles went into hiding in Shropshire and Staffordshire. His companion, Lord Henry Wilmot, was at nearby Bentley Hall, the home of Jane's brother, royalist Colonel John Lane. Jane had recently obtained a pass to visit a pregnant kinswoman in Bristol. Charles accompanied her as a manservant, under the assumed name of William Jackson. They reached Bristol, then Trent, where Charles set... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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