Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles I NPG D1304

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Faber Jr, printed and sold by Thomas Bowles Sr, after Edward Bower

Edward Bower was the last artist to portray Charles I alive. He worked up drawings made during the trial into an oil portrait produced shortly after of the king's death. Charles is presented as being resigned to his fate. His costume corresponds closely with contemporary accounts of the trial. He dressed modestly and his only adornment was the medallion of the chivalric Order of the Garter. He kept his hat on throughout the trial to signify his refusal to recognise the legality of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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