Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray

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Description

Title
Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray
Creator
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Contributor
Bentley, R. 1708-1782 artist.
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, artist.
Published / Created
MDCCLIII [1753]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall
Description
Leaves printed on recto only.
Half-title page: Drawings, &c.
"Explanation of the prints" printed on both sides of final unnumbered 3 leaves.
Binding: Original full red morocco with gold-tooled border.
Bookplate: Ex libris Laurentii Currie.
Inscribed by Horace Walpole on recto of first blank leaf: These are the original drawings by Mr. R. Bentley from whence Grignion and Müller engraved the plates for this edition. [Signed] Hor. Walpole.
Single letter 'M' written by Horace Walpole [?] on recto of front fly leaf.
Extra illustrated copy. All illustrations are the original pen and ink drawings as well as one pencil sketch (not included in the collation) on a partial sheet tipped in before p. [14]. Recto of pencil sketch depicts sketches of four heads, with a note in Walpole's hand: Mr. Gray's original drawing of Stokehouse. Verso of pencil sketch depicts a house and includes a note also in Walpole's hand: Mr. Gray's original sketch of Stoke from which Mr. Bentley made the drawing that is engraved.
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Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 54, to H.G. Bohn for William Beckford, £8.8.0 [London, 1044]; Sotheby's, 3 July 1882 (Beckford Sale, Part 1), lot 802, to Ellis & White, £20; offered by Ellis & White, catalogue 50, ca. 1882, for £65. Maggs, November 1933, to W.S. Lewis,
Extent
[4], 35, [4] leaves, 5 leaves of plates : 38 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3698

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Original art
Book illustrations
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Pen drawings British 18th century
Material
ill. ;
Subjects
British > 18th century
Currie, Laurence, 1867-1934 > Bookplate
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
1764593
Object ID (OID)
15972994

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