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"When the pie was opened, The Birds began to sing," Illustration to "Sing a Song for Sixpence" (one of R. Caldecott's picture books), Routledge, 1880, p.10

(English, 1846–1886)
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; color-printed, 2 sides
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.1592
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRC lower left.
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
John Everett Millais
about 1863
late 19th to early 20th century
Length of furnishing fabric
The Silver Studio
about 1905