Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The execution of King Charles I NPG D1306

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

Images commemorating Charles I's execution were suppressed in England but numerous prints were produced in continental Europe. The first recorded engraving is the Theatrum Tragicum, published in Amsterdam within weeks of the event. This German print is a close copy but reversed. The reaction of the spectators reflects an eyewitness account that the stunned crowd groaned with grief as the axe fell. The resemblance of the fainting woman to images of the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion is likely to have struck a chord... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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