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The Wind Did Blow

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A man with two bottles hanging from his belt is riding a galloping horse.

The wind did blow, the cloak did fly,
Like streamer long and gay,
Till, loop and button failing both,
At last it flew away.

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 two bottles hanging from his belt is riding a galloping horse. He has lost his hat and wig.

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