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A man riding on horseback has his horse startled by an ass braying on the other side of a fence

Ah! luckless speech and bootless boast,
For which he paid full dear;
For while he spake, a braying ass
Did sing most loud and clear;

Artist

Name:: Seaver, Robert

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Woodcut
Engraver:: Seaver, Robert
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The diverting history of John Gilpin
Author:: Cowper, William
Publisher:: Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906
Open Library:: View record

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A man riding on horseback has his horse startled by an ass braying on the other side of a fence.

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