Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Seven Bishops committed to the Tower in 1688 NPG 152a

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Bower

Made Bishop of Oxford in 1674 and Bishop of London a year later. He was intensely opposed to Roman Catholicism, compounded by a long-lasting feud with the Catholic King James II. In 1686, after a dispute with James, he was suspended from office. Compton played an active part in the revolution of 1688 that deposed James, even bearing arms at one point. He was the only clergyman amongst the seven nobles who signed the invitation to William, Prince of Orange to intervene militarily... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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