Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

‘Defenders of Our Empire’ NPG x197673

© National Portrait Gallery, London

published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd, after Frank Arthur Swaine, and Langfier Ltd, and Alexander Bassano, and Sport & General Press Agency Ltd, and James Russell & Sons

Born in Cape Colony, South Africa; graduated from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1891; then read law at Christ’s College, Cambridge; successfully passed the honours examination of the inns of court by the middle of 1895; returned to South Africa and became involved in politics; appointed state attorney in 1898; played a critical role in the events that led to the outbreak of the South African War; participated in the negotiations that concluded the Boer War in 1902 and created the… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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