Title

John Gilpin's horse splashes mud on a woman's dress, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott.

Caption

John Gilpin's horse splashes mud on a woman's dress, 1878, (c1918). John Gilpin was the subject of a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper entitled "The Diverting History of John Gilpin". The ballad, based on real-life character, describes how, on a journey to Edmonton (north in London), Gilpin, a draper, became separated from his wife and children after losing control of his horse, and ended up in the town of Ware, ten miles away from his intended destination. From "The Diverting History of John Gilpin", by William Cowper. [Frederick Warne and Co., London & New York, c1918]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D55_147

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,5Mb (2,5Mb) / 18,3in x 12,9in / 5481 x 3855 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal England female women woman people male man men animals horses horse country splashing guy British English humour mud galloping frightened dress dirt location century Britain alarm scared afraid dirty muddy lady concept annoyed frightening B&W annoyance MONOCHROME Alarmed frighten black & white black and white B W 18th century 1910s 20th century bystander Eighteenth Century The Print Collector John Gilpin bystanders William Randolph Caldecott William Cowper Cowper Caldecott Randolph William Cowper