Johnny Gilpin of Cheapside, going farther than he intended : a droll story read by Mr. Henderson at Freemason's-Hall.
| Author/creator | Cowper, William |
| Other author | Poupard, James engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] : Printed by Robert Aitken, and sold by him and William Prichard [i.e., Pritchard], in Market-Street, [1786?] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations ; 53 x 42 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Uniform title | John Gilpin |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49601. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse in sixty-three stanzas; first line: John Gilpin was a citizen. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | This edition was probably printed in 1786, for in 1787 both Aitken and Pritchard entered into partnerships, their imprints reading, respectively, R. Aitken & Son, and Pritchard & Hall. |
| General note | Engraving at head signed: J. Poupard, st. |
| General note | On the American Antiquarian Society copy the illustration is printed in sepia. |
| General note | Text in five columns; printed area measures 48.5 x 24.6 cm. |
| General note | Not in Evans or Bristol. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49601). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1786. |
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