William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland NPG D32906

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Charles Spooner, published by John Bowles, and published by Carington Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Third son of George II. A lifelong soldier, described by Horace Walpole as 'proud and unforgiving, fond of war for its own sake'. His victory at Culloden in 1746 ended the Jacobite threat, but his severe treatment of the rebels earned him the nickname of 'Butcher of Culloden'.
 

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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