Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes.
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 the Death of a Favourite Cat’. The text is letterpress printed with an etched illuminated letter ‘T’ decorated with a cat. An etched headpiece above depicting a drowning cat in a tub within an interior with a table and chair behind. The vignette is within a decorative frame ornamented with rosettes, fleurons, fish, and birds, with standing cats on either side.
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: 1921-6-550-6
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 × 26.2 cm (14 11/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 7.6 × 18 cm (3 in. × 7 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 7.2 × 16.5 cm (2 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Platemark: 4 × 4 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Image: 3.1 × 3.1 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 18.3 × 15.2 cm (7 3/16 in. × 6 in.)