Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake ('A view of a lake') NPG D13500

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Richard Dighton

Lake was appointed Lieutenant-General of Ireland in 1797 and given the task of disarming the increasingly militant United Irishmen in Ulster. This was not enough however to prevent the Rebellion of the following year. Lake led British troops against the rebels in the famous confrontation at Vinegar Hill, Wexford. Having secured a decisive victory, he imposed severe repressive measures under martial law. He also forced the French to surrender after their invasion on the west coast. This was to be the end of his involvement... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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