King William IV sits with knife and fork at the ready before a pie containing blackbirds served to him by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
- Date:
- 28 December 1836
- Reference:
- 36628i
- Part of:
- HB sketches
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The two other servants are Lords Mulgrave and Morpeth
Publication/Creation
London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 28 December 1836 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 22.5 x 30.6 cm + album.
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Sing a song of six pence a bag full of rye, four and twenty black birds baked in a pie, when the pie was opened, the birds began to sing, was not this a pretty dish to set before a king. Nursery rhymes no. 1.HB
The blackbirds sing "justice for Scotland" and "no tithes!"
References note
An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.312
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36628i
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