Gilpin going farther than he intended [graphic]

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Title: Gilpin going farther than he intended [graphic]
Creator: Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783, printmaker
Contributor: Collings, Samuel, artist.
Harrison and Co. (London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: August 1, 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Abstract: John Gilpin galloping through Edmonton, north London, on an out of control horse, passing the Bell Inn, his intended destination; his hat and wig have flown off behind him; a dog and pig scamper out of the way of the charging horse; as he passes, Gilpin glances longingly up towards his wife and children waiting for him in the inn. Two men sit on a bench outside the pub and observe the commotion; another man leans on a trestle table. A lamp hangs above the tavern entrance
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: William Cowper's ballad, John Gilpin, in The wit's magazine, 1784, v. 1, p. 271-3.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Suckling; February 1960;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Periodical illustrations
Engravings England London 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching and engraving with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic): Children
Dogs
Light fixtures
Signs (Notices)
Spectators
Swine
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Cowper, William, 1731-1800 > Illustrations
Children
Dogs
Light fixtures
Signs (Notices)
Spectators
Swine
Taverns (Inns) > England
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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