'The Hoopoe' Bad Habit with vessels on River Thames

with vessels on River Thames

The shadowy figures drinking a toast are Lord Salisbury (right) and Lord Randolph Churchill

with Waterloo Bridge'

One of Punch's regular digs at domestic bliss

'The Hoopoe' Bad Habit with vessels on River ThamesOrnithological 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