Leaf 11. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops towards a toll-gate (left) which a man runs to open. Beside the gate is a turnstile for foot-passengers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view, how, in a trice, the turnpike-men their gates wide open threw., Second plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Toll roads, Gates, and Gatehouses
A view of Tyburn Turnpike (now where Marble Arch is located) showing street life in London including a man accepting a toll payment from a man on horse back with another man on horseback, a dog running ahead, approaches the gate from the left. Another man with a basket over his arm and a walking stick, a dog by his side, looks over to the right as his young female companion gestures. On the left a begger leans against the rails. Along the road beyond the gate and to the left are several carriages; a small hut on the right is identified as "illegible Water Works 1812". The gate is shown with lamp posts
Description:
Title etched below image. and "Plate 3. Vol. 9"--Upper right edge above image.
Publisher:
No. 49 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. 1 Jany. 1813, at 101 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Dogs, Horseback riding, Lampposts, Pedestrians, Pleading (Begging), and Toll roads
