Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Somerset House Conference, 1604 NPG 665

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

This group portrait commemorates the peace treaty between England and Spain in 1604 which brought an end to a war which had dragged on for almost twenty years. Between 20 May and 16 July 1604, eighteen conference sessions were held at Somerset House, and the treaty was signed on 16 August. While those depicted were not all present at the same time, the painting may well record the appearance of the room in Old Somerset House where the negotiations took place. On the left are... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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