Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Prince (Dejatch) Alamayou of Abyssinia (Prince Alemayehu Tewodros of Ethiopia) NPG x18063

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Julia Margaret Cameron

Son of Emperor Tewdros II of Ethiopia and Empress Tiruwork Wube. His father committed suicide after his defeat by the British, led by Sir Robert Napier, at the Battle of Magdala in 1868, in which the British forces came to rescue the protestant missionaries he was holding hostage. Alamayou was orphaned when his mother died during the trip to the coast, the British forces had intended to take them both to Britain but Alamayou travelled alone. He was introduced to Queen Victoria at her... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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