Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles II NPG 6403

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

This is the earliest known portrait of the future king. It was painted, according to the French inscription, when he was four months and fifteen days old. At this age he was described by his mother, Henrietta Maria, as 'so fat and so tall that he is taken for a year old'. The painting was probably sent to the prince's godmother and grandmother, Marie de' Medici, Queen Mother of France. The dog, held by the ear, is a toy spaniel, a breed which later... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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