'John Gilpin Passing The Bell, Edmonton', (c1950). Scene from The Diverting History of John Gilpin, a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, based on a real-life character. Here, Gilpin loses control of his horse during a journey to the Bell Inn at Edmonton, (London). From The Outline of Literature, edited by John Drinkwater. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1950]