Illustration for the Poem 'Ode on the Spring'
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Author
content: Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771
label: Artist
content: Richard Bentley, British, 1708 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Johann Sebastian Müller, German, ca. 1715 - 1792
label: Publisher
content: James Dodlsey, British, 1724 – 1797
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Full-page illustration for the poem ‘Ode on the Spring’. A male figure sits on a log within a wooded landscape with a fortified castle in the background. The scene is framed by a decorative arabesque border, with draped swags of fringed textile hanging from C-scrolls, with acanthus leaf scrolls and palm leaves. In the center above the scene, a crown of laurels within sun rays with a canopy suspended above. Seated on our hanging from the border/frame is a putto, a cat playing the lyre on a dolphin, a monkey holding a string instrument and a monkey painting at an easel. Trophies of musical instruments hang suspended from each side. The decorative border is supported by two plinths, The left plinth, sculpted in relief with rams’ heads and the right plinth with the letters EMS. In front of the plinths, a skull and shovel and a lyre and garland of flowers. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: England
label: published in
content: London, United Kingdom
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-550-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 37.3 × 26.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 30 × 21.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 25 × 18.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.)