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| Picture No | 10507920 |
| Date | 1934 |
| Description | Words by King Charles II |
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Poem written by King Charles II entitled I Pass All My Hours in a Shady Old Grove, accompanied by a stylised illustration of the Merry Monarch composing under the shade of an oak tree, perhaps recalling the legendary time of when he hid in one to escape Roundhead troops after the Battle of Worcester.
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| Source | Illustration by Elizabeth Montgomery in The Sketch, Christmas Number 1934 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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