Keywords: George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy, Plate VIII. The Smoking Batteries.png From George Cruikshank's illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy Plate VIII The Smoking Batteries Uncle Toby is 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 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 This version published 1906 George Cruikshank 1792 “1878 PD-Old-100 Part of a series of illustrations of Tristram Shandy <gallery widths 200px heights 250px> File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate I The Effects of Trim's Eloquence jpg Plate I The Effects of Trim's Eloquence<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate II Obadiah leading in Dr Slop jpg Plate II Obadiah leading in Dr Slop<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate III The Jack-boots transformed into Mortars jpg Plate III The Jack-boots transformed into Mortars<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate IV The long-nosed Stranger of Strasburg jpg Plate IV The long-nosed Stranger of Strasburg<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate V My Uncle Toby on his Hobby-horse jpg Plate V My Uncle Toby on his Hobby-horse<br /> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate VI Trim's relation of Tristram's misfortune jpg Plate VI Trim's relation of Tristram's misfortune<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate VII The Quarrel of Slop and Susannah jpg Plate VII The Quarrel of Slop and Susannah<br/> PNG Scan File George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy Plate VIII The Smoking Batteries jpg Plate VIII The Smoking Batteries<br/> PNG Scan </gallery> minor cleanup and levels adjustment George Cruikshank's illustrations of Tristram Shandy 1832 8 GCTS |