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Gluttony - Oh! What a Dismal Sight!

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Collection

Yale Center for British Art

Image Link

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8033

Description

Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Inscription

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Oh! what a dismal sight!."

Descriptive Medium

Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper

Image Licence

Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art

Image Credit

image credit Yale Center for British Art

Location

London, England

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Medium

Tags

Horse-drawn
Women
Men
Carriages
Trees
People
Horses
Food

Category

Travel & Transport

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.

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