Illustration for the Poem ‘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: Full-page illustration for the poem ‘Hymn to Adversity’. A male figure seated in clouds above a boy and a woman, holding chains under her arm. In the foreground, the right, an eagle holding a lightning bolt in its talons. The scene is framed by a herm of Athena wearing armor and a shield with Medusa’s head to the left and to the right a herm of Hercules, wearing the lion’s skin and holding a club. The two figures are draped by a fabric and each hold onto a crown of laurel leaves in the upper center. Below each herm is a ram’s head.
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: 1921-6-550-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 37.1 × 26.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.8 × 20.7 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22.4 × 18.2 cm (8 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)