An Extradordinary Animal. Neither an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but having something of both
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (43.9 × 30 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Accession Number
2014.757.5(22)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *An Extradordinary Animal. an Opossum nor a Kangaroo but having something both*, a witty 1835 lithograph from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints collection. Created by caricaturist John Doyle ( as HB), with publishing involvement from Thomas McLean and printing by Ducôte and Stephen, this satirical print measures 17 5/16 × 11 13/16 inches. It playfully depicts a bizarre hybrid creature, blending opossum and kangaroo traits to lampoon prominent British political figures like Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell, and others listed. In the turbulent 1830s, amid Whig reforms...
About the Artist
Lord John Russell|Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey|Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg|Ducôte and Stephen|Thomas McLean|Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle|Daniel O'Connell|John Doyle (Irish|British|British|British|Irish) · 1797 |1792 |1830 |1788 |1775 –1868 |1878 |1840 |1875 |1847
Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London|British, 1792–1878|British, active 1830–40|British, 1788–1875|Irish, Cahirciveen, Kerry 1775–1847 Genoa