Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Charles I NPG 4836

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

This posthumous portrait of Charles I is one of many that celebrates the dead king as a martyr. The composition seems to be based on a print by William Faithorne Jr. The scroll reads 'Corruptibilem pro Incorruptibile', which is a Latin version of the words spoken by Charles I at his execution: 'I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown'. The sunburst frame gives an impression of heavenly light. Like a monstrance in a church, it marks the picture out as an object... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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