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1. First design for the cul-de-lampe to Mr. Gray's long story [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 3a Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design for a vignette by Bentley showing six older women on a balcony reaching out or looking in horror over the wall (draped in an embroidered cloth) at a scene below. With pencilled in design above
- Alternative Title:
- Sketch for the tailpiece of the Long story
- Description:
- Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the mount in his portfolio of drawings assembled under the title Drawings and designs, ca. 1760., Added title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso: Sketch for the tailpiece of The long story., Date based on publication date of Gray's work: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 3 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balconies and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > First design for the cul-de-lampe to Mr. Gray's long story [art original].
2. Hymn to adversity [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1753]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Page 26A. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Tailpiece to Hymn to adversity
- Description:
- Title from note in pencil below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Attribution to Richard Bentley from Thomas Kirgate's notes beneath similar drawings in the same volume, which identify Bentley as the artist., Date of production inferred from the 1753 publication date of the first edition of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. This drawing is presumably an early design for the tailpiece to Hymn to adversity., and Mounted on page [26A] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hymn to adversity [art original].
3. Sketch of Science adoring the shade of K. Henry [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1753]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 8. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Sketch of Science adoring the shade of King Henry
- Description:
- Title from note in ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. Thomas Kirgate's pencil annotation "written by Mr. H. Walpole" is beneath Walpole's note., Attribution to Richard Bentley from Thomas Kirgate's note in pencil below image: First sketch, by Mr. Bentley., Date of production inferred from the 1753 publication date of the first edition of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. This drawing is presumably an early design for the headpiece to Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College., and Mounted opposite page [8] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sketch of Science adoring the shade of K. Henry [art original].
4. Sketch of Science adoring the shade of K. Henry [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1753]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 8. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Sketch of Science adoring the shade of King Henry
- Description:
- Title from note in ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. Thomas Kirgate's pencil annotation "written by Mr. H. Walpole" is beneath Walpole's note., Attribution to Richard Bentley from Thomas Kirgate's note in pencil below image: First sketch, by Mr. Bentley., Date of production inferred from the 1753 publication date of the first edition of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. This drawing is presumably an early design for the headpiece to Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College., and Mounted opposite page [8] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sketch of Science adoring the shade of K. Henry [art original].
5. [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 11++ (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A 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 riders
- Description:
- Title 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., and Formerly mounted (folded) on leaf 11 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
6. [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 12b Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: a landscape with figures on horseback and the bard with attendants on a cliff on the upper left. On the verso, lower edge, a sketch of a head with a helmet in grey wash with swatch of wash background
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., With watermark on top portion of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image above on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on bottom half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
7. [Sketch for Gray's Bard with three floating figures] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 12a Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: three bearded figures one of whom holds a harp (the bard).
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image below on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with three floating figures] [art original].
8. [Tailpiece to A long story] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1753]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Page 22A. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Attribution to Richard Bentley from Thomas Kirgate's note in pencil below image: First sketch, by Bentley., Date of production inferred from the 1753 publication date of the first edition of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. This drawing is presumably an early design for the tailpiece to A long story., Written above in brown ink are nine lines of text, including the final two stanzas of the poem A long story., and Tipped in as page [22A] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Tailpiece to A long story] [art original].