My Wedding Day

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Two men stand side by side in the middle of a street, both pulling in opposite directions

Said John, "It is my wedding day,
And all the world would stare,
If wife should dine at Edmonton
And I should dine at Ware."

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

Description:

Two men stand side by side in the middle of a street. One leads a horse by the bridle and points in one direction, while the other pulls in the opposite direction toward the front door of a house.

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