Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Politics, Government, Animal Development

    Shows Henry J Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston) and John Russell (1st Earl Russell) looking at a large python curled in front of the mace in the House of Commons. Playing on the news of the large number of eggs produced by the python at the Zoological Society Gardens, the snake is seen curled around several eggs on which are written the names of the government's bills: for example, bills on lunacy and law reform. Palmerston and Russell exchange views on the possible fate of the 'eggs' while Benjamin Disraeli, with his back to the python, remarks 'All addled no doubt'.