Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir George Rooke NPG D11672

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert Williams, published by John Smith, after Michael Dahl

Rooke was the most distinguished naval commander of his day. His career began at the battle of Sole Bay, (1672), and his most considerable victories include the destruction of the French fleet at La Hogue, (1692), the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet at Vigo Bay, (1702), and above all the capture of Gibraltar in (1704). His book, Sailing and Fighting Instructions for her Majesty's Fleet, (1703), provided the basis for English fleet tactics throughout the eighteenth century. Rooke's success inspired jealousy from the ... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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