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: Publisher
content: James Dodlsey, British, 1724 – 1797
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Second page of the poem ‘Hymn to Adversity’, numbered 27. The text is letterpress printed with an etched tailpiece below, illustrating a seated female figure within a rocky landscape, with trees and leaves.
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: 1921-6-550-16
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: 14.2 × 17 cm (5 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 12.6 × 15 cm (4 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 11.7 × 14.5 cm (4 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.)