Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles I NPG D18315

© National Portrait Gallery, London

probably after Richard Gaywood

This etching is probably a contemporary copy of an illustration to a broadside (a cheap print intended for wide circulation) published at the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. The original was entitled The Portrait of His Sacred Majesty Charles the I. Drawn to the Life, The Best of Men, and Meekest of Martyrs. The title indicates that that the portrait was drawn by an eyewitness of the execution. The verse reflects the popular sympathy for the king following his execution.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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