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Image: George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy, Plate V. My Uncle Toby on his Hobby-horse

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Description: From George Cruikshank's illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Plate V: My Uncle Toby on his Hobby-horse. Hobby-horse, in this case, refers to a particular obsession of a person. In this case, Toby and Trim get caught up with discussions of the military, to the point of acting it out. (Book IV, Chapter XVIII)
Title: George Cruikshank - Tristram Shandy, Plate V. My Uncle Toby on his Hobby-horse
Credit: 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
Author: George Cruikshank (1792–1878)
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