Illustration for the Poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.’
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: Charles Grignion I, British, 1717 - 1810
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 ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard’. Visible through a gothic ribbed archway, two men stand over a gravestone in a churchyard, with the church in the background. The archway is in part ruin with foliate branches. To the right, agricultural tools such as a rake, shovel, hay, a basket of fruit, a sack, and barrel. 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: 1921-6-550-17
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 × 26.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 28.8 × 21.8 cm (11 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.3 × 21 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)