Comic Annual,  8 (1837), 97–121.

Sketches on the Road

[Thomas Hood]

Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

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[1] The Morning Call

Subjects:

Invention, Patents, Discovery, Death, Dissection, Crime


    The narrator reflects: 'Blessed be the man, says Sancho Panza, who first invented sleep: and blessed be heaven that he did not take out a patent, and keep his discovery to himself' (98). The illustration captioned 'You've Waked me too Soon, / I Must Slumber Again' (102) depicts a figure in night-cap and night-gown sitting up, stretching, and yawning in a coffin which has just been disinterred by a resurrectionist from a grave marked 'Watts'.



[3] The Fresh Horse

Subjects:

Archaeology, Engineers


    The narrator observes: 'Stone Henge has always been a mystery to Antiquarians, and a puzzle to mechanics and engineers to conceive how such huge masses of stone were transported, and erected, in their celebrated locality' (111).




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