Ode on the Spring
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: Second page of the poem ‘Ode on the Spring’, numbered 4. The text is letterpress printed with an etched and signed tailpiece below. The tailpiece depicts cows in a wooded landscape, next to a river, with a church in the background. The vignette is framed by trees, and water flowing over rocks and branches.
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: 1921-6-550-4
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 × 26.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 15 × 19 cm (5 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 12.7 × 15.4 cm (5 in. × 6 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 7.6 × 12 cm (3 in. × 4 3/4 in.)