After James Gillray’s ‘Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school-‘ which is lettered with title, artist's name and publication line 'Drawn by an Amateur - Etch'd by Js Gillray.- / London, Publish'd January 1st 1809 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street-'; see BM Satires 11444. This copy has a date on the sewing sampler hanging on the wall within the print of '1812'. This print lettered with title Farmer Giles & his Wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their Neighbours on her return from School' and publication line 'Publish'd by McCleary, Nassa[u St.]'. Satire of an affluent farmer seeking to copy the manners of the gentry – the scene is the interior of a drawing room, with curtains drawn over two high windows. In the left foreground, Betty, seen in profile, is seated at a square piano, playing and singing, her eyes on the music score in front of her - 'Bluebells of Scotland Sung by Mrs Jordan—O Where & O Where is my Highland Laddie gone'. She wears a high-waisted dress with short sleeves. Farmer Giles and his wife stand to the right of the piano, in admiration - they are both portly and plainly dressed. Another girl, stands by the piano, singing while holding up a fan in her left hand. On the carpet on the floor under the piano is a book entitled 'Songs of Catalani'. In the right foreground three women sit at a card-table, on which are spread drawings [or possibly embroidery?] by 'B. Giles' [Betty Giles]; two of the women (both of whom have fans) are gossiping while a third is asleep at the table. The farmers’ son sits primly on a chair with his back to the windows, in profile, his hands folded, appearing ill at ease in a frilled shirt and powdered hair. A small foot-boy enters from the right with a decanter and glasses on a salver and a basket on his arm; the haste in which he appears to enter the room has resulted in the cakes within the basket falling out. A black [spaniel?] dog sits forlornly in the foreground. The room is lit by two pairs of candles in sconces, two candles on the piano and one on the card-table. The chairs have stuffed backs and ormolu ornament. Above the chimney-piece is a heavy gilt-framed embroidered sampler featuring two alphabets, numbers from 1 to 12 and the words 'Evil communications Corrupt good Manners'. A design of two birds flanking two hearts pierced with arrows has 'Betty Giles aged 16. 1812. CheesHall' embroidered underneath. Over the piano in an oval gilt frame is an image of 'Chees Farm' which features a corner of a house next to a small thatched cottage and two haystacks. A gigantic horse looks over the cottage roof and in the foreground a woman milks a large cow, beside which are two geese and a cock (that appears to out of proportion and larger than the woman depicted).