Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Barclay Allardice NPG D10727

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Robert Dighton

This etching, drawn from life, depicts Barclay during his most infamous performance. On another occasion in 1808 he had started out one day at 5.00am, walked 30 miles grouse-shooting, had dinner, walked 60 miles to his house at Ury in 11 hours, walked a further 16 miles to Laurence Kirk, danced at a ball there, returned to Ury, arriving at 7.00 am and then spent that day partridge-shooting. In short he had walked almost 130 miles and had been without sleep for two nights and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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