NAM.1962-11-6-1

Father kept the sign of the Jolly Farmer ... Coloured sepia etching. From ‘The Life of William Cobbett - written by himself’, a set of eight coloured sepia etchings by and after James Gillray, nd Originally published by J Humphrey, 27 St James’s Street, London, 29 Sep 1809. Republished, 1816 (c). The set forms a satire against Cobbett’s account of his own army career. This image shows Cobbett, aged seven, setting a dog onto a cat.