Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

[Preparatory drawing for cover-title illustration to William Cowper, The diverting history of John Gilpin, published by George Routledge & Sons in 1878] [drawing]

Accession number
PML 88619
Creator
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
Published
[London], [ca. 1878]
Credit line
Purchased as a gift of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pen drawing in black ink and zinc white pigment over graphite.
The image was used for the cover of the second in Caldecott's shilling series of 16 picture books published 1878-1885. (PML 142689)
"The diverting history of John Gilpin"--title banner above the drawing.
"One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books"--upper right corner of the drawing.
Description
1 drawing : ill. (pen-and-ink drawing) ; 25.4 x 20.2 cm
Classification
Department