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Gillray (James). The Loyal Address! - or - the procession of the Hampshire-Hogs from Botley to St James's, H. Humphrey, October 4th 1808, etched caricature with aquatint, bright contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, slight staining to the margins, some adhesion scaring to the verso, 245 x 385 mm (Quantity: 1) B M Satires 11047. Gillray's caricature of William Cobbett is both parodic and flattering. Cobbett is not caricatured but is shown processing to London pulled by pigs whilst seated on a large trunk labelled 'Political Hog Trough'. Cobbett was an influential London journalist who had challenged Gillray with the charge that "Ridicule is a thing that will not attach itself where it ought not. I defy Mr Gillray to turn Lord Nelson's skill and courage into ridicule". This was a challenge to Gillray to see whether ridicule could attach to Cobbet himself.