Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset; Frances, Countess of Somerset NPG D1316

© National Portrait Gallery, London

attributed to Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke), sold by John Hinde

This double portrait of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I, and his new wife Frances was probably produced around 1615 when they were being interrogated over the murder of the courtier Sir Thomas Overbury who had opposed their marriage. Frances was vilified in the press and they were charged the following year. They spent over five years in the Tower of London but were spared execution and later pardoned. The portrait was still in print over thirty years later.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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