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The Irish Frankenstein.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Tenniel  (1820–1914)  wikidata:Q457881 s:en:Author:John Tenniel q:en:John Tenniel
 
John Tenniel
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Birth name: John Tenniel; Sir John Tenniel; Sir Tenniel; J. Tenniel
Description British painter, illustrator, comics artist, graphic artist and caricaturist
Date of birth/death 28 February 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 26 February 1914 / 25 January 1914 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q457881
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The Irish Frankenstein.
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"The baneful and blood-stained Monster ...". The quotation is from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Charles Stuart Parnell is depicted, with 'his monster' which represents the Fenian movement.

The cartoon is anti-Irish propaganda and is a reference to the Phoenix Park assassinations.
Date 20 May 1882
date QS:P571,+1882-05-20T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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P.P.5270, page 235
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Image taken from Punch, or the London charivari

Originally published/produced in London, May 20, 1882.

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