Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Then Stopp\'d at His Own Door;" Inscribed, in ink (as part of composition), recto, upper center: "John GILPIN, L(i)nen Draper, Cheapside".
Descriptive Medium
Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Cheapside, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
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.
