Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Author
content: Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771
label: Artist
content: Richard Bentley, British, 1708 – 1782
label: Publisher
content: James Dodlsey, British, 1724 – 1797
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Second page of the poem ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’, numbered 13. The text is printed in letterpress with an etched tailpiece below. The tailpiece vignette depicts three male figures in a rowboat on a river with buildings and trees in the background. The tailpiece is framed by foliage and a bird.
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: 1921-6-550-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Letterpress and etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 37.3 × 26.3 cm (14 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 12.4 × 14.8 cm (4 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 11.4 × 13.6 cm (4 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 11.7 × 13.1 cm (4 5/8 × 5 3/16 in.)