Precariously perched on the top of a tree, William IV is sleeping in a cradle, the faces of Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell and Lord Melbourne in the clouds blow vigorously. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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24 December 1836
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36629i
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view Precariously perched on the top of a tree, William IV is sleeping in a cradle, the faces of Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell and Lord Melbourne in the clouds blow vigorously. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

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Precariously perched on the top of a tree, William IV is sleeping in a cradle, the faces of Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell and Lord Melbourne in the clouds blow vigorously. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 24 December 1836 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 28 x 24.2 cm + album.

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Nursery rhymes no. 1. Hush-a-by baby on the tree top, when the wind blows, the cradle will rock, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, then down comes baby, cradle and all! HB

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Nursery Rhymes no. 6, CCCCLXIV, An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.314

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Wellcome Collection 36629i

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