Lord John Russell, leader of the House, dressed as a shepherdess, sits crying; in the background, across from a stretch of water inscribed "Irish channel" are a flock of sheep and a ram with the head of Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
27 December 1836
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36631i
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HB sketches
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London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 27 December 1836 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 27.8 x 23.3 cm + album.

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Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, and can't tell where to find them: let them alone, and they'll come home, and bring their tales behind them. Nursery rhymes no. 4. H.B.

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An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.313

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Wellcome Collection 36631i

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