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: First page of the poem ‘Ode on the Spring’. The text is letterpress printed with an etched and signed illuminated letter ‘L’ decorated with flowers. An etched and signed headpiece above depicting three naked woman or the three graces in a wooded landscape with a lake or river and hills in the background. Two winged fairies fly above them in the center, dropping flowers to the ground.
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: 1921-6-550-3
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: 12.2 × 20.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 10.2 × 18.7 cm (4 in. × 7 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Platemark: 4.2 × 4.2 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Opening Letter Image: 3.1 × 3.1 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Lettering: 13.2 × 15.2 cm (5 3/16 in. × 6 in.)