Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford NPG 883(3)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir George Hayter

A Whig MP from 1788 to 1802, Russell was an advocate for parliamentary reform. He succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his elder brother, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford. Disillusioned by the war with France and the collapse of radical hopes, he resigned from politics in 1807. Thereafter, Russell devoted himself to the improvement of his properties, forming a notable art collection at Woburn Abbey and developing an interest in horticulture and botany. He was a leading agricultural improver; he rebuilt Covent... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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