Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

T H, pseud.  [Thomas Hood]

Subjects:

Engineers, Engineering

    Reflects on the leakage of water into Marc I Brunel's Thames Tunnel. 'Sad it is, worthy of one's tears, / Just when one seems the most successful, / To find one's self o'er head and ears / In difficulties most distressful!' (175). Suggests that Brunel should put up the sign of the 'Bore's Head', and make the failed tunnel his 'Shades' (176). The illustration captioned 'Fancy Portrait:—M. Brunel' (facing 174) depicts a man with his mouth wide open and looking somewhat like a tunnel.