Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock' (Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe; King George III) NPG D12368

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Rowlandson, published by George Humphrey

Admiral. His long naval career began in 1739; he was Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1775-8, during the War of American Independence, and he relieved Gibraltar from the Spanish siege, 1782. He led the Channel Fleet to victory over the French in 1794 in the battle known as 'The Glorious First of June'. A popular commander with his men, he was brought out of retirement to mediate in the Fleet mutiny in 1797.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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