Johnny Gilpin of Cheapside, going farther than he intended; : a droll story read by Mr. Henderson at Freemason's-Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowper, William, 1731-1800, author.

Contributor:

Poupard, James, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49601.

Standardized Title:

John Gilpin

Language:

English

Genre:

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1786.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : Printed by Robert Aitken, and sold by him and William Prichard [id est, Pritchard], in Market-Street., [1786?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse in sixty-three stanzas; first line: John Gilpin was a citizen.

Attributed to William Cowper in the Dictionary of national biography, where it is noted that the poem was composed by Cowper and sent to William C. Unwin in November 1782, and subsequently published in the Public advertiser. In 1785 it was read by the actor, John Henderson, and became a highly popular broadside ballad, one bookseller reportedly selling 6,000 copies.

This edition was probably printed in 1786, for in 1787 both Aitken and Pritchard entered into partnerships, their imprints reading, respectively, R. Aitken and Son, and Pritchard and Hall.

Engraving at head signed: J. Poupard, st.

On the American Antiquarian Society copy the illustration is printed in sepia.

Text in five columns; printed area measures 48.5 x 24.6 cm.

Not in Evans or Bristol.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 49601).

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