Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles I; Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia NPG D10622

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Crispijn de Passe the Elder

The younger, surviving son of James I and Anne of Denmark, Charles became heir to the throne on the death of his brother Henry in 1612. Charles inherited his father's belief in the 'Divine Right of Kings' and became the greatest of all British royal art patrons and collectors. His dismissal of Parliament and personal rule, however, along with his imposition of taxes and attempts to impose religious uniformity led eventually to civil war. He was defeated and tried on the charge... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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