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'The Hoopoe' Bad Habit Tilney (1536-1610) was Master of

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Tilney (1536-1610) was Master of the Revels to Elizabeth I and James I of England

One of Punch's regular digs at domestic bliss

Whig supporter famous for his drinking

A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre

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

'The Hoopoe' Bad Habit Tilney (1536-1610) was Master ofOrnithological 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

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