From the Balcony

All Resolutions

Zoom in — "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!—Here's the house!"
They all at once did cry;
"The dinner waits and we are tired;"
Says Gilpin—"So am I!"

(P. 67.)

Artist

Name:: Caldecott, Randolph
Dates:: 1846-1886
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Evans, Edmund
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Library of Congress

Book

Title:: The complete collection of pictures & songs by Randolph Caldecott
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Glasgow, London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887
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Description:

John Gilpin’s family waves and shouts at him from the balcony of an inn as he rides on in the street below, unable to stop his horse.

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