Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Duke of Bedford with his brothers and Miss Vernon (Henrietta Greville (née Vernon), Countess of Warwick; John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford; Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford; Lord William Russell) NPG D31620

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Valentine Green, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

A Whig MP from 1788 to 1802, Russell was an advocate for parliamentary reform. He succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his elder brother, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford. Disillusioned by the war with France and the collapse of radical hopes, he resigned from politics in 1807. Thereafter, Russell devoted himself to the improvement of his properties, forming a notable art collection at Woburn Abbey and developing an interest in horticulture and botany. He was a leading agricultural improver; he rebuilt Covent... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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