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A Trainband Captain

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A man holding a sword stands in front of three others with a cannon on their right

John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.

Artist

Name:: Seaver, Robert

Illustration

Subject:: People
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

Description:

A man with a hat and holding a sword stands in front of three others as a tree can be seen in the background and a cannon on the left of the picture.

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