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"Feeding the great boa."   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Doyle  (1797–1868)  wikidata:Q5091957 s:en:Author:John Doyle
 
John Doyle
Alternative names
pseudonym: H. B.
Description Irish illustrator
Date of birth/death 1797 Edit this at Wikidata 2 January 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dublin London
Work period before 1822
date QS:P,+1822-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1822-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
– 1868
Work location
Dublin, London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5091957
(HB)
Printed by:
Alfred Ducôte  (fl. 1830 / 1832–1840 / 1843)  wikidata:Q53015483
 
Alternative names
Alfred Ducoté
Description lithographer and scientific illustrator
Work period 1830 / 1832 Edit this at Wikidata–1840 / 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
St Martin's Lane Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q53015483
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Thomas McLean  (1788–1875)  wikidata:Q23831119
 
Alternative names
Thomas Mclean; McLean, T. (Thomas); M'Lean, Thomas
Description British publisher, printseller, photographer and publisher
Date of birth/death 1788 Edit this at Wikidata 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1847 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Haymarket (1820s
date QS:P,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
–1860s
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
); London (1840s
date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
–1850s
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
); New Zealand Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q23831119
Title
"Feeding the great boa."
Description
English: No. 325. A snake bearing the head of a man (Daniel O'Connell) inside a cage in centre, with its mouth open, ready to swallow a church offered to it on a shovel by two men to right (Lord John Russell and Lord Althorp); a group of four horrified men reacting to the scene to left (Duke of Richmond, Lord Ripon, Sir James Graham, Edward Stanley). 12 June 1834
Lithograph
Depicted people Representation of: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Date 1834
date QS:P571,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 296 millimetres (trimmed, irregular)
Width: 395 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1857,1222.74
Notes

Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:

The Great Boa (a Bore) of the administration is Mr. O'Connell, whom Lord John Russell and Lord Althorp are feeding with the Irish Church, to the utter dismay and horror of Mr. (now Lord) Stanley, and the other three seceders from the ministry of Lord Grey. Sir James Graham, standing next behind Mr. Stanley, turns away his head, and covers his eyes, and Lord Ripon faints into the arms of the Duke of Richmond.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1857-1222-74
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