Henry Marten Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Henry Marten NPG D30023
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Unknown artist
An MP from 1640, Marten was a staunch republican with a reputation for quick wit and licentiousness. He was an early advocate for the abolition of the monarchy, a prominent judge at Charles I's trial and a signatory of his death warrant. Although a central figure in the Commonwealth government, he became a bitter opponent of Cromwell's Protectorate. At the Restoration he surrendered himself as a regicide. He was spared the death penalty but remained a captive and died at Chepstow Castle in... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










