Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Duke of Wellington Surveying the Field of Waterloo') NPG 6265

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Benjamin Robert Haydon

The subject, 'Wellington musing on the Field of Waterloo' was conceived by the painter Haydon as a companion to his 'Napoleon musing at St Helena'. In a portrait full of pathos, the ageing hero, wearing civilian clothes, is shown looking out over the scene of his greatest triumph at Waterloo, almost fifteen years after the event. The Duke's dislike of sitting for his portrait, at least latterly, was well-known. He was even reluctant to lend Haydon the helmet and sword which appear in the foreground.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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