Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale NPG D37190

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Samuel Agar, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Hilton, after Sir Peter Lely

An important Restoration politician, Lauderdale was Secretary of State for Scotland from 1660 to 1680, and had almost absolute power there. He was a member of the Cabal ministry, but took little interest in English affairs. Created a Duke in 1672, he was a cultivated but unprincipled and unattractive man.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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