Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William George Keith Elphinstone NPG 3714

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Salter

Scottish-born William Elphinstone was the son of William Fullerton Elphinstone, a director of the British East India Company. Elphinstone entered the army in 1804. He saw service throughout the Napoleonic Wars, rising through the ranks until he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1813 and led his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. After his promotion to colonel in 1825 he served as aide-de-camp to King George IV. Elphinstone was promoted to major-general in 1837, and, in 1841, during the First Anglo-Afghan War, was in... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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