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''The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing how he went Farther than he intended, and came safe Home again'' is a comic ballad by William Cowper about John Gilpin, written in 1782. The ballad concerns a draper called John Gilpin who rides a runaway horse. Cowper heard the story from Lady Anna Austen at a time of severe depression, and it cheered him up so much that he put it into verse. The poem was published anonymously in the ''Public Advertiser'' in 1782, and then published with ''The Task'' in 1785.〔Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6〕 It was very popular, to the extent that "pirate copies were being sold all across the country, together with Gilpin books and toys."〔 The poem was republished in 1878, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott and printed by Edmund Evans. Caldecott's image of Gilpin riding the horse is the basis for the design of the obverse of the Caldecott Medal. == Randolph Caldecott's illustrations of ''The Diverting History of John Gilpin'' == File:Randolph Caldecott - Picture Book No. 1 - page 2 - The Diverting History of John Gilpin, Illustration 1 (1st colour).jpg File:Randolph Caldecott - Picture Book No. 1 - page 7 - The Diverting History of John Gilpin, Illustration 5 (2nd colour).jpg Image:Randolph Caldecott collection-page 0081-crop-balance-equalize.jpg Image:Randolph Caldecott collection-page 0072-crop-balance-equalize.jpg Image:Randolph Caldecott collection-page 0076-crop-balance-equalize.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Diverting History of John Gilpin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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