John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe NPG D4111
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by William Say, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Co, after Sir William Beechey
Book collector; he remained a bachelor after George III, a personal friend, married his fiancée's younger sister and politics forbade his own match. His unrivalled collection including Caxtons and a famous Boccaccio was sold in 1812; it was on this occasion that the Roxburghe Club for publishing rare books was founded.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










