Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Washington NPG D8480

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Gilbert Stuart

Born in Virginia, at the time a colony of Britain, Washington was the son of a planter. Despite a formal education lasting only a few years, he taught himself planting and land surveying by reading books and watching others. In 1759 he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow with large land holdings and many slaves. In his youth he spent time as a soldier and politician. He was Commander-in-Chief of the American forces during the War of Independence, presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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