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Bound Print, Illustration for the Poem ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’
This is a Bound print. It was written by Thomas Gray and created by Richard Bentley and published by James Dodlsey. It is dated 1753 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 37.3 × 26.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.) Platemark: 26.8 × 21.3 cm (10 9/16 × 8 3/8 in.) Image: 24.9 × 19.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, in lyre: TG; lettered in palette: RB; lettered in ribbon, lower center: A FAVRITE HAS NO FRIEND.
Cite this object as
Bound Print, Illustration for the Poem ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’; Richard Bentley (British, 1708 – 1782); Written by Thomas Gray (British, 1716 – 1771); Published by James Dodlsey (British, 1724 – 1797); England; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 37.3 × 26.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.) Platemark: 26.8 × 21.3 cm (10 9/16 × 8 3/8 in.) Image: 24.9 × 19.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-550-5
