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Headpiece to Hymn to adversity
Title
[Headpiece to Hymn to adversity] [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [R. Dodsley], [approximately 1753]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 11 x 20 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title devised by curator.
Printmaker from signature on lettered state: J.S. Müller sc.
Variant state, probably a proof before letters, of a plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753.
Publication information from book in which the lettered state of this plate was published.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Original drawing: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782. Headpiece to Hymn to adversity. 1753. 1 drawing : pen and ink. In The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. Farmington, CT (49 3698).
Provenance
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2017
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Engravings - England - London - 1753.
Etchings - England - London - 1753.
Proofs before letters.
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