BM13764-the-cradle-hymn-1820-0540
identifier:
BM13764-the-cradle-hymn-1820-0540
title:
The Cradle Hymn. New Version. Eight edition.
date:
July 1820
description:
Image and lyrics to song. Image: The King, a bloated and whiskered infant, sleeps in a cradle, rocked by Sidmouth, a lean old woman wearing a cap and bag-wig, who sits in a rocking-chair, his clyster-pipe on the ground. The cradle is surmounted by a pagoda with bells, and ornamented by two large crocodiles, representing the Chinese dragons of the Pavilion. On it are also a sun, with a fool's cap in its disk, between crescent moons. Round the cradle lie toys: soldiers, mounted lancers, andc., on wheels, a cannon, a scepter, a crown with a toy windmill stuck in it. With these are papers: 'Divorce'; 'Protocal' [sic]; 'Send her to Hell'. The infant holds a coral and bells and a corkscrew. Castlereagh sits over the fire warming a napkin. Canning walks off to the left, disgustedly carrying the pan of a commode decorated with a crown and 'G.R.' On the chimneypiece are pap-boat, bottle of 'Dolby's Carminative, andc'. A large 'Green Bag' hangs on the wall. In a doorway behind Sidmouth, inscribed 'French Dolls', stand two young women, in evening dress, stiff and impassive. The verses are below the image. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #13764
format:
37 cm x 23 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2017.47 1820
subject:
Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
subject:
Caroline of Brunswick
subject:
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
subject:
George Canning
subject:
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
subject:
George IV, King of the United Kingdom
subject:
Politics
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Cruikshank, Robert
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections
