Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ('Old Q') NPG D12975

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by James Gillray, published by William Holland

Notorious gambler, rake and stud owner. From his youth, Queensberry was famed for his escapades. He was first known on the turf in 1750, the year that the Jockey Club was instituted. By careful purchase and informed breeding he developed an unsurpassed stable, taking unusual care of jockeys and stablemen as well as his horses. A friend of the the Whig M.P. Charles James Fox and the young Prince of Wales, the older Queensberry was one of the elite gang who passed their time,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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