William Cowper 1731 - 1800 Poet & letter-writer Translator of Homer Lived here 1768 - 1786 Cowper & Newton Museum, Orchard Side, Olney Colour: This plaque is purple, white and green glass claret orange purple clear bronze grey stone red slate wood blue black brass multicoloured pink brushed metal green maroon film cell green and red Belgian Blue Stone red and black yellow terracotta marble brown silver white gold Wikimedia: Flickr: Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... Site of "The Bell" demolished 1963 immortalised in Cowper’s poem "John Gilpin" 1785 Nick Harrison on Flickr Nick Harrison on Flickr Rjohnwest36 on Wikimedia Commons
