print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1996,1104.18
- Description
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Gray, Thomas. An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London: Joseph Cundall, 168, New Bond Street; Sampson Low and Son, 47 Ludgate Hill, 1854. 24p. in the [List of] Illustrations, the artists are given as: Myles Birket Foster, A Lady, George Thomas [i.e. possibly George Housman Thomas]. The engravers are listed as: James Cooper [i.e possibly James Davis Cooper], J. W. Whymper [i.e. Josiah Wood Whymper], W. T. Green, William Linton [i.e. possibly William James Linton], William Measom [i.e. possibly William Frederick Measom], Horace Harral, Thomas Bolton, A. J. Mason [i.e. possibly Abraham John Mason]. The illustration on page 3 is after Birket Foster. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper recto. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. No original endpapers or pastedowns. White paper over boards. The paper is made to resemble vellum. The lower cover has no blocking. The upper cover is blocked in gold, with the title on the centre: “/ Gray’s Elegy [in a semi-circle]/ written / in a/ Country Churchyard./” A small cross is blocked above the centre, and a small ‘three bud heads’ decorative device is blocked below the centre. The spine has the title blocked in gold near the head: “/ Gray’s/ Elegy./” There are small decorative devices blocked in gold above and below the title.
- Production date
- 1854
- Dimensions
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Height: 202 millimetres
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Thickness: 13 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: An Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1104.18
