Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough; John Armstrong NPG 5318

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Enoch Seeman

This portrait shows the Duke of Marlborough, Commander-in Chief of the armed forces, with his chief engineer John Armstrong. Marlborough employed Armstrong in 1704 and was so impressed by his skill that he quickly promoted him. This portrait commemorates Armstrong's success at the siege of Bouchain in Flanders, in 1711. In one night Armstrong constructed a battery that destroyed the enemy's fortifications the next day. Marlborough expressed his gratitude by commissioning this portrait, which shows Armstrong holding a plan of Bouchain.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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