Impertinent Bird

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A most impertinent bird.

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Artist

Name:
Unknown

Illustration

Subjects:
Animals, Humor
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Nursery nonsense
Author:
Anonymous
Publisher:
New York: Hurd & Houghton, n.d. [ca. 1865?]
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Description:

A bearded man and the goat he is riding have stopped before a large bird wearing a hat and standing on a rock.

The first verse of the rhyme goes:

An inquisitive little sparrow
Ask’d every man in Wales
Why parrots had long noses
And foxes had long tails.

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