Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray

published 1753

Thomas Gray

Author, British, 1716 - 1771

Johann Sebastian Müller

Illustrator, German, 1715 - 1785 or after

Charles Grignion

Illustrator, British, 1717 - 1810

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: 6 engraved plates, 13 engraved vignettes, and 6 engraved initials (7 by Johann Sebastian Müller and 3 by Charles Grignion)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow

  • Dimensions

    page size: 37.9 x 26.2 cm (14 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
    overall size: 39 x 28 x 1.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 x 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.79.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Alfred Matthew, Cambridge; Charlotte and Arthur Vershbow, Boston; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Ornament for the Poem "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" in Designs by Mr. R...

Inscriptions

by later hand, front free endpaper, upper left in graphite: First Edition; by later hand, front free endpaper, upper right in black pen: 74-43-19D; by later hand, front free endpaper, upper right in graphite: s4L; by later hand, front free endpaper, upper right in pen and black ink: (within blind stamp GEORGE ALFRED MATTHEW / CAMBRIDGE) 3.3.84. / 18

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