Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles II and Coll Carless, advising under the Royal Oak (William Carlos (Careless); King Charles II) NPG D10639

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

A yeoman, born William Careless, he took up the Royal cause on the outbreak of civil war in 1642. He fought for Charles I in England and Ireland and in 1651 he enlisted as a major in Lord Talbot's cavalry troop. After the Battle of Worcester in September 1651 he hid in Boscobel Wood. He is best remembered for spending a night hiding with Charles II from Cromwell's soldiers in the branches of an oak tree. In 1658 Charles conferred distinction... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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