An extraordinary animal.

Primary Artist

John Doyle (1797–1868)

Title

An extraordinary animal.

Other titles

Daniel O'Connell

Source

Political sketches

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1835 – 1835, March

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

36.0 x 28.4 cm (printed border line)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

44.6 x 30.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed upper centre in black pencil, 'Daniel O'Connell'. Inscribed centre in black pencil, 'Spring (?) Rice/ Lord John Rufell (?)'. Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '20'.

Subject description

Political caricature of Daniel O'Connell, the so-called Irish Liberator, as a hybrid marsupial with Whig M.P.s Lord John Russell, Thomas Spring Rice and another in his pouch.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42370

Accession number

86.646

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Doyle, John. | (1797–1868) Irish | Male | artist

Ducote. | (1829–) | printer

MCLEAN, Thomas | English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013