Was not that a dainty dish, to set before the King?
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Frederick Warne (Firm), publisher.
- Publication:
- [England] : F. Warne & Co., [1914?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Color illustration by artist Randolph Caldecott depicting the nursey rhyme "Sing a song for sixpence". The King and Queen are sitting in their thrones and there are (presumably) servants on either side of them, a butler on the right and a maid on the left. In front of them is a long table with a white table cloth on which sits a pie with many blackbirds emerging. They appear to be singing to the King and Queen (as is written in the nursery rhyme). In the background are several uniformed men on horses with dogs in front of them running across a field. Title below illustration.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101638278 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D04958
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101638278