An extraordinary animal, neither an opossum nor a kangaroo but having something of both, 26 March 1835 / John ‘HB’ Doyle

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fonds

[London] : T. McLean, 1835

Graphic Materials, Prints

1336598

1 print - 45 x 30.5 cm - lithograph

John Doyle was a Dublin-born artist known by the pen-name “H.B.” In 1827 he began producing political cartoons using the new medium of lithography, and the 1830s was the heyday of his fame. He is now also remembered as the grandfather of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Reference:
Hordern House catalogue February 2015. http://www.hordern.com/ (accessed 26 May 2015)

Political caricature of Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847), often known as the “Liberator” or “Emancipator”.

The caricature depicts a part kangaroo and part opossum. The smaller figures in the pouch are Whig MPs Lord John Russell (leader of the Whigs in Commons), Thomas Spring Rice (an Anglo-Irish MP) and Henry George Grey (then Secretary of War). In the 1830s all three were considered reformers particularly as regards the colonies, emigration and religious freedom.

Reference:
Hordern House catalogue February 2015. http://www.hordern.com/ (accessed 26 May 2015)

Out of copyright: Published before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Printed by Ducote & Stephens

Signed lower left corner 'HB'

Embossed stamp in lower left corner: 'Subscribers Copy'

HB sketches ; no. 383