Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst NPG 150

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Gainsborough

Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French during the Seven Years War (1758-60). These led to the British conquest of Canada, with Amherst establishing the county's military government. His career was not without controversy, owing to his harsh treatment of the Mi'kmaq Indians of Nova Scotia. The most contentious episode was during the Mi'kmaq Indian Pontiac War (1763) when Amherst, in an attempt to put down the uprising, ordered the distribution of smallpox-infected blankets among the Indians. The Pontiac War... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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