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: First page of the poem ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’. The text is printed in letterpress with an etched illuminated letter ‘Y’ decorated with buildings in the background. An etched headpiece above depicting a kneeling female figure next to a central flaming alter, a male figure to the left sits above within clouds, the scene is below a ribbed gothic arch with angels below each corner and piles of books to the right.
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: 1921-6-550-9
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: 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 in. × 7 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 8.6 × 15.8 cm (3 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Platemark: 3.6 × 3.6 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Image: 2.8 × 2.8 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 15 × 15.6 cm (5 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)