[Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist[approximately 1753?]zxxA sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: in a landscape with a tree on the left and mountains in the distance (right), four men on horseback confront a bearded man who holds hold out his arm in defense while hiding his harp behind his back. In the right foreground, a figure of a child amongst the ridersTitle devised by curator.Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication.Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards.With watermark and countermark in center of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink and IV.Formerly mounted (folded) on leaf 11 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].