Sir John Moore Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir John Moore NPG 1128

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Moore arrived in Dublin in December 1797 and was first engaged in disarming the radical United Irishmen in Cork before the outbreak of the 1798 Rebellion. Moore was horrified at the brutality of some of his fellow officers during the disarmament process. He also spoke out against the Protestant gentry, claiming that though his men had confiscated hundreds of thousands of pikes, they would soon appear again if the gentry did not change their ways. The following year he assisted General Lake in the suppression... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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