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Summary

The Irish Frankenstein. (

)

Artist



Alternative names	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	26 February 1914 / 25 January 1914
Location of birth/death	London	London
Authority file	: Q457881 VIAF : 44305940 ISNI : 0000000121302807 ULAN : 500006194 LCCN : n79058883 NLA : 35543474 WorldCat

Title

The Irish Frankenstein.

Description

"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

Source/Photographer

Image taken from Punch, or the London charivari

Scanned from the original by User:Fastfission .

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