Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
published 1753
Thomas Gray (author) with Charles Grignion and Johann Sebastian Müller after Richard Bentley
Author, British, 1716 - 1771
Illustrator, German, 1715 - 1785 or after
Illustrator, British, 1717 - 1810
Artist After, British, 1708 - 1782
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 6 engraved plates, 13 engraved vignettes, and 6 engraved initials (7 by Johann Sebastian Müller and 3 by Charles Grignion)
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Credit Line
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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 Number
1993.79.1
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