Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex NPG D21321

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

Essex's father, the 2nd Earl, had been a favourite of Elizabeth I before his disgrace and execution for treason in 1601. The family honours were restored to the 3rd Earl in 1604. He was married to Frances Howard in 1606 as a political union to end the longstanding enmity between the Devereux and Howard families. The marriage was a failure and its annulment in 1613 was deeply embarrassing. In the years leading up to the Civil War Essex consistently opposed Charles I's... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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