The Pig and The Peasant Size:M: 60 x 45cm True to his nature Tom

True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

which was always a subject that occupied Punch

Church of St Margaret Pattens

'An Unselfish Man'

The Pig and The Peasant Size:M: 60 x 45cm True to his nature Tom'The Pig and The Peasant', 1863. Peasant says: Ah! I'd Like To Be Cared Vor Half As Well As Thee As Thee Be! Here, Mr Punch highlights the problem by neatly contrasting the fat, healthy pigs and piglets in the clean, hay filled sty. Looking gloomily over the wall is the unkempt, thin, representative of the rural worker, and in the background can be seen the worker's dilapidated, tumbledown cottage. The year's harvest had been good, but little benefit