Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribe in graphite, lower center: "When Swift They Saw John Gilpin Ride/ Bare-Headed as Before". Inscribed, in ink, recto, upper center: "Edmonton and WINE DINNER".
Descriptive Medium
Pen and black ink and watercolor on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Edmonton, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing how he went Farther than he intended, and came safe Home again' is a comic ballad written by William Cowper in 1782.
