Arthur Orton Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Arthur Orton NPG x197140

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Maull & Co

The Tichborne claimant was the person who identified himself, in a series of dramatic legal cases, to be the long-lost Sir Roger Tichborne. The Claimant, as he was commonly known, is usually assumed not to have been Sir Roger Tichborne, but Arthur Orton. Tichborne had been on a ship, the Bella, which had disappeared at sea in 1854. In 1863, his mother advertised in the world's press, asking for his whereabouts. Two years later, a butcher calling himself Tomas Castro from Wagga Wagga, Australia,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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