Comic Annual,  9 (1838), 54–63.

Right and Wrong. A Sketch at Sea

[Thomas Hood]

Genre:

Short Fiction, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [3]

Illustrators:

T Hood

Subjects:

Menageries, Machinery, Steamships, Pollution


    The illustration captioned 'He's A-going to Take a Tower' (facing 54) depicts a yokel with a pitchfork in hand looking at an elephant in hat and cape, with a tree trunk grasped in its trunk, behind which rises a crenellated tower. The illustration captioned 'Deep Distress Produced by Machinery' (facing 58) depicts a male bather clinging to the top of a bathing machine, which is being tossed on a violent sea, while a woman and two children hail him from the harbour wall. The illustration captioned 'Charming Spots about this Part of the River' (facing 61) depicts a fashionable gentleman standing near the funnel of a steamship, being covered by spots of soot.



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