Hymn to Adversity
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: First page of the poem ‘Hymn to Adversity’. The text is letterpress printed with an etched illuminated letter ‘D’, decorated with Medusa’s head and chains. An etched and signed headpiece above, depicting three naked male figures in a landscape to the left, standing next to trees draped with fabric. In the center, an alter with flames and to the right, a draped female figure standing in clouds, holding a whip and broom.
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: 1921-6-550-15
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 × 26.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 10.7 × 19.1 cm (4 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 9.9 × 18.1 cm (3 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Platemark: 4.1 × 4.5 cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Image: 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 12.8 × 17.2 cm (5 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)