Primary Artist

John Doyle (1797–1868)

Title

An extraordinary animal.

Other titles

Daniel O'Connell

Date made

1835 – 1835, March

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper right, 'HB Sketches No.383.'. Printed lower left, 'HB'. Printed lower left, 'Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, 26, March 1835.'. Printed lower right, 'Ducote & Stephen's Lithogr, 70 St. Martins Lane.'. Printed lower centre, 'AN EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL./ Neither an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but having something of both.'. No date.

Matrix size

36.0 x 28.4 cm (printed border line)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42370

Creators

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

Ducote. | (1829–) | printer

MCLEAN, Thomas | English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013