Alfred Refuses to Burn His Fingers Size:L: 80 x 60cm in an overcoat

in an overcoat

Newgate Street in the background

'The excursion to Cain Wood'

Amongst its principal aims was the separation of Ireland from Britain and the overthrow of the Queen's authority

Alfred Refuses to Burn His Fingers Size:L: 80 x 60cm in an overcoat'Alfred Refuses to Burn His Fingers', 1862. The Greek Government had decided that elections should be held to find a King to replace King Otho, who had abdicated. One suggestion was that Prince Alfred, Victoria's second son, should be invited to take the throne. This invitation was politely decline. This cartoon, therefore, depicts Greece inviting a suitably clad Prince Alfred to take possession of the cake labelled 'Greece'. The cake being very hot,