[Six illustrations to Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin]
By: by George Cruikshank ; engraved on wood by Thompson, Branston, Wright, Slader, and White].
Contributors: Cowper, William, 1731-1800.; Thompson, John, 1785-1866.; Branston, Robert Edward fl. 1840-1850; Wright, Thomas, 1792-1849; Slader, Samuel.; White, Edward, Jr.
Series: Blake -- no. 973A
Publisher: Charles Tilt ...
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Cowper, William, -- 1731-1800. -- Illustrations
Other titles: John Gilpin.
Notes: At head of title: Proofs on india paper.

Issued in buff wrappers.

Russell, 207

Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.

Victoria University Library copy lacks wrappers and first leaf of illustrations. Library's five plates found loosely interleaved between p. 298 and p. [307] (i.e. Cowper's The diverting history of John Gilpin) of Johnson's 1806 edition of the Poems of William Cowper (Blake no. 973). The loose plates are held in Blake box no. 16.