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: Second page of the poem ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’, numbered 7. The text is printed with an etched tailpiece below that depicts a male figure on a small boat with a cat, and the three-headed dog Cerberus to the left. The scene is framed by rocks and oars.
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: 1921-6-550-7
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: 12.7 × 17 cm (5 in. × 6 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 12.5 × 15.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 10.5 × 12.4 cm (4 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)