Richard Penderel Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Richard Penderel NPG D19365
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Richard Houston, after Gilbert Soest
Richard Penderel was a woodcutter and came from a Catholic family of farmers. In September 1651, King Charles II had escaped after being defeated at the Battle of Worcester. On his arrival at White Ladies Priory, Penderel, who lived nearby, was summoned to attend the king. He disguised him by cutting his hair and giving him some of his own clothes to wear. Penderel then hid the king in a wood, Spring Coppice, for a day, took him to his home for a meal,... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










