Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The late Field Marshals of England; Wellington & Lord Raglan, crossing the Pyrenees, 1813 NPG D13774

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Greatbach, by Robert Wallis, after Thomas Jones Barker

In this line engraving, Wellington and his aide-de-camp Raglan are shown crossing the Pyrenees to invade southern France in the decisive final stages of the Peninsular campaign (1809-14). As they move imperiously through the rocky landscape, Wellington and Raglan communicate a sense of the British Army's superiority and impending victory. Entitled 'The Late Field-Marshals of England' it was published in 1856 to commemorate the heroism of both men after their recent deaths. Raglan had been promoted to field-marshal in 1854 and commanded troops in the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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