Comic Annual,  8 (1837), 153–64.

Domestic Poems

[Thomas Hood]

Genre:

Introduction, Drollery; Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

T Hood

Subjects:

Astronomy, Medical Practitioners, Obstetrics, Race


    The illustration captioned 'Total Eclipse of the Son' (facing 162) depicts an aghast midwife presenting a black baby to an equally aghast white father.



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