Alfred Refuses to Burn His Fingers Finish:Rolled To accompany Mr Palmer's pamphlet

To accompany Mr Palmer's pamphlet on the Thames floods

The Barbican area of the City of London

A standard bearer

The Beatles Autumn Tour of Great Britain

Alfred Refuses to Burn His Fingers Finish:Rolled To accompany Mr Palmer's pamphlet'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,