William Cobbett Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
William Cobbett NPG 1549
© National Portrait Gallery, London
possibly by George Cooke
This portrait is said to show Cobbett in the clothes he wore when tried for sedition in 1831. Considered a popular hero after his acquittal, Cobbett was elected to the reformed House of Commons, for the newly created borough of Oldham, in 1832.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










