Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, An Extraordinary Animal, Neither an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but Having Something of Both, 1835
- Title:
- An Extraordinary Animal, Neither an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but Having Something of Both
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1835
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 13/16 inches (44.8 x 30 cm), Image: 12 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (32.7 x 26.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "8.00"; lower center: "o'connell"; lower right: "3 (circled)"; on back, upper left: "#7 _ 969"
Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"
Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 383"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left below image: "Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarklet, 26 March 1835"; lower center: "AN EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL, | Neither an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but having something of both"; lower right: "Ducote's & Stephen's Lithogy 70 St Martin's Lane"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1984.17.8
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal | animal art | faces | hat | kangaroo | parody | political | politicians | possum | pouch | satire | sitting | sketches
- Associated People:
- Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790–1866), Whig politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
O'Connell, Daniel (1775–1847), Irish nationalist leader
Grant, Charles, Baron Glenelg (1778–1866), Secretary for the colonies
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman
Grey, Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey (1802 - 1894), Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lieutenant - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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