Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King William III when Prince of Orange NPG D7748

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely

Reigned 1689-1702. Born at the Hague, William III was the posthumous son of the Stadholder William II. His youth was passed under the shadow of Republican ascendancy, since his father's bid for personal power had provoked a strong reaction. He became a proficient student of languages, growing up frugal, temperate and reserved, though capable of deep devotion, as, for instance, to his faithful Bentinck. William married his cousin Mary, daughter of James II and Anne Hyde in 1677. In 1688... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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