Punch,  42 (1862), 97.

[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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