Henry Marten Greetings Card

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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.

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