'The Hoopoe' mb-artist WE 29th October 1962

29th October 1962

Rod Hull and Emu seen here terrorising the holidaymakers on Clacton's beaches

'Window Studies'

Hence Mr Disraeli's robe and accessories in this cartoon

'The Hoopoe' mb-artist WE 29th October 1962Ornithological study of a Hoopoe Upupa epops, perched on a low branch with a hill behind. Plate 345 from chapter 135 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The plate is inscribed: 'Ang, the Hoopoe. Lat, Upupu. Fran, Pupue ou Hupe. Ital, Bubbola. H. Germ, Widehuppe. Drawn from life. G. Edwards Septem 1 AD1759.' Original: etching. 1761