'After Prison - The Claimant' (Arthur Orton) Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'After Prison - The Claimant' (Arthur Orton) NPG x29189

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herbert Rose Barraud

Orton was released from prison after ten years in 1884. He emerged having lost weight and still insisting he was Roger Tichborne. It became clear he did not wish to become politically involved with the movement that had evolved with the Magna Charta Association, opting instead to appear in circuses and music halls, cashing in on his celebrity status. The movement quickly collapsed with Orton free and his indifference apparent, and with the loss of its main figures, Edward Kenealy, Guildford Onslow and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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