Slide set: Johnny Gilpin (recitation: Wrench & Son, 12 slides, n.d.)

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Slide 1

John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / [...]

Slide 2

So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, / Where they did all get in; / [...]

Slide 3

For saddletree scarce reached had he, / His journey to begin, / [...]

Slide 4

'Twas long before the customers / Were suited to their mind; / [...]

Slide 5

But finding soon a smoother road / Beneath his well-shod feet, / [...]

Slide 6

Away went Gilpin neck or nought, / Away went hat and wig; / [...]

Slide 7

The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, / Up flew the windows all; / [...]

Slide 8

I came because your horse would come, / And if I well forbode, / [...]

Slide 9

Whereat his horse did snort, as he / Had heard a lion roar, / [...]

Slide 10

And thus unto the youth she said, / That drove them to the Bell, / [...]

Slide 11

Six gentlemen upon the road / Thus seeing Gilpin fly, / [...]

Slide 12

And so he did, and won it too, / For he got first to town; / [...]

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1

John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

2

So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, / Where they did all get in; / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

3

For saddletree scarce reached had he, / His journey to begin, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

4

'Twas long before the customers / Were suited to their mind; / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

5

But finding soon a smoother road / Beneath his well-shod feet, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

6

Away went Gilpin neck or nought, / Away went hat and wig; / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

7

The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, / Up flew the windows all; / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

8

I came because your horse would come, / And if I well forbode, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

9

Whereat his horse did snort, as he / Had heard a lion roar, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

10

And thus unto the youth she said, / That drove them to the Bell, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

11

Six gentlemen upon the road / Thus seeing Gilpin fly, / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

12

And so he did, and won it too, / For he got first to town; / [...]

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

Lucerna ID 3008602

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 May 2022

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