[Python's Egg]
Anon
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Illustrators: | [Trident], pseud. [Henry R Howard] * |
Subjects: | Nutrition, Animal Development, Breeding |
Shows a man dining in a restaurant. He sees a snake emerging from an egg before him and he exclaims to a waiter: 'Here's a Python's Egg—no doubt about it!'. This is a reference to the large number of eggs recently produced by the python at the Zoological Society Gardens. |
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