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Percy Cruikshank's illustrations of John Gilpin

All images from: Cowper, William. Cowper's Diverting History of John Gilpin. London: Reed & Co. [1855]. This panorama contains twenty hand-colored lithographed scenes.

Front cover

"...hung a bottle on each side/to make the balance true."

"Down ran the wine into the road/most piteous to be seen..."

"Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit/and loved a timely joke..."

"And when he next doth ride abroad/May I be there to see!"

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