Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester NPG 1862

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

He is shown wearing a 'mandilion' (a loose, hip-length coat) sideways over his shoulders, in a manner known as 'collie-westonward'. The elaborate shield and helmet are Milanese. The motto, top left, can be translated as 'I shall find a way or I shall make one' and above it is a pictorial symbol, or impresa, of burning boughs.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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