Sing a Song of Sixpence
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"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551.
The Queen Was in the Parlour, Eating Bread and Honey, by Valentine Cameron Prinsep.
Cover illustration for Randolph Caldecott's Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school.
Prinsep, 1883 by Frank Dudman
Portrait of Prinsep by Alphonse Legros, British Museum
Monument in Brompton Cemetery, London