William Cobbett Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
William Cobbett NPG D13236
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Adam Buck
A political journalist and farmer, Cobbett was one of the most influential radicals in the decades before the Reform Act (1832). Initially a Tory supporter, he launched his weekly Political Register (1802-35) with the help of Pitt and Canning. In 1816, the price of the Political Register was drastically reduced to ensure it reached the working classes. In his Rural Rides (1830) Cobbett continued to champion the rural poor. As an advocate of political reform he was frequently controversial though his writing was... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










