The Pig and The Peasant Nicolò (The real Mother Needham had

(The real Mother Needham had recently died

which formerly adorned the ceiling of the Old Council Chamber

Duke of York

in a game of cards with Palmerston

and Ken Buchanan

The Pig and The Peasant Nicolò (The real Mother Needham had'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