Title

John Gilpin is reunited with his wife and children, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott.

Caption

John Gilpin is reunited with his wife and children, 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_159

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,6Mb (2,6Mb) / 15,8in x 14,9in / 4731 x 4477 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people male child children man men time family country marriage hugging guy British English humour clock relief location century late Britain lady concept wives wife husband hug B&W reunited relieved MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector John Gilpin William Randolph Caldecott William Cowper Cowper Caldecott Randolph happy ending William Cowper