File:George_Cruikshank_-_Tristram_Shandy,_Plate_VIII._The_Smoking_Batteries_original_scan.png
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DescriptionGeorge Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy, Plate VIII. The Smoking Batteries original scan.png | Original, unmodified and unrotated scan. From George Cruikshank's illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Plate VIII: The Smoking Batteries. Uncle Toby in the sentry box, the corporal on the right. Basically, the corporal has invented a way to make multiple cannons be fired at once, by using the principles of a hookah - when a puff is taken, the cannons fire. Unfortunately, the two find the puffing a little too enjoyable... | |||||
Date | This version published 1906 | |||||
Source | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne, With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: Hutchinson & Co, Paternoster Row, 1906 | |||||
Author | George Cruikshank (1792–1878) | |||||
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Part of a series of illustrations of Tristram Shandy
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