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Figurative Representation of the Late Catastrophe

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Date
1837
Location
Kilkenny (Ireland)
Description
Allegorical print by political cartoonist H.B. (John Doyle, 1797-1868), echoing Robert Cocking's parachute accident of July 24, 1837. Joseph Hume is depicted as a aeronaut descending on Kilkenny City in a failing parachute, after being ousted from the "Middlesex" balloon. A speech bubble contains the words "Now, unless some friendly dunghill receives me, I am lost forever." Hume lost his Middlesex, England Parliament seat in the general election of 1837 and had been given a spot for Kilkenny, Ireland.
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