Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn NPG D10702

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Woolnoth, after George Dawe

In this engraving, based on the companion portrait that George Dawe made of Princess Victoria shortly after her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn in July 1818, the widowed Duchess sits serenely in mourning dress, holding her hands in a manner that accentuates her wedding rings. Though short, their marriage was happy. The Duke's sudden death left her and her new baby, Alexandrina Victoria, the potential heir to the throne, unprotected and impoverished. George IV refused to support them,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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