Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Duke of Wellington visiting the Effigy and Personal Relics of Napoleon (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) NPG D13760

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Scott, after Sir George Hayter

This powerful mezzotint shows a poignant encounter between the victor and the vanquished. Wellington caused Napoleon's final abdication after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). He was the only international commander that Napoleon had not beaten. Both were heroes in their own way. Though Napoleon was England's greatest enemy during the Regency period, he was also widely considered to be the 'great man' and 'genius' of the age. He dominated European political and military affairs for over twenty years and his death... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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