Royal Baby Iconography Through the Ages

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While the #RoyalBaby countdown may be over, the obsession with the new Prince of Cambridge is far from done.

Once Kate and William decide on a name for their son -- which, apparently, has taken as long as a month in UK royal history -- we can expect to see all kinds of memorabilia immortalizing his birth and fueling the UK's baby fever. But the kitsch and celebration isn't without precedent: Here's some babymania from the past.

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King Edward VI, as painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1539. Image: The New Republic

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James II with his mother Henrietta Maria of France, as painted by Sir Anthony van Dyck in 1632. Image: The New Republic

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Lithograph of Queen Victoria by Richard James Lane, 1841. Image: The National Portrait Gallery, London

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A lithograph of Edward VII by Richard James Lane, 1842. Image: The National Portrait Gallery, London

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Queen Victoria doll with child. Image: WorthPoint

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George V with his mother Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in 1866. Image: The New Republic

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Elizabeth II with her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in 1926. Image: The New Republic

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Prince William, as commemorative doll, in 1982. Image: The New Republic

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A year later, William got his own paper doll book. Image: The New Republic