Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King George I NPG 4156

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Michael Rysbrack

In this idealised bust, the sculptor Rysbrack has represented George I wearing a laurel wreath and Roman armour that symbolised the king’s power, wisdom and authority. They also refer to George’s position as Elector of Hanover, one of the princes who selected the Emperor to rule the union of German states known as the Holy Roman Empire. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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