Sir Henry Lee Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Henry Lee NPG 2095

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)

This portrait of Lee was probably painted on a visit to Antwerp in June 1568. Lee was accompanied on this trip by Edward, 3rd Baron Windsor, whose portrait by another artist also shows the sitter with his thumb through a ring, a gesture that may relate to bonds of love or friendship. The true-lovers' knots and armillary spheres on Lee's sleeves were personal emblems of the Queen and probably refer to his role as Elizabeth's champion. These patterns were marked out using a transfer... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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