Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Horatio Nelson NPG 785

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Luigi Acquarone, after Leonardo Guzzardi

In this portrait Nelson celebrates his triumph at the Battle of the Nile (1798). The image is unusual as it frankly depicts the toll of warfare. His face is drawn and emaciated while his cocked hat is angled to avoid contact with the wound over his right eye. The original 1799 portrait, on which this later copy was based, was commissioned either by the connoisseur Sir William Hamilton or by Nelson himself. Several contemporary copies were made, including one for Grand Sultan Selim III... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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