[Thomas Gray] [graphic].Miller, John, 1715-1790?, printmaker[ca. 1753]engA portrait of Thomas Gray standing, nearly three-quarter length, facing the viewer. He holds a letter in his right hand, which rests on his left wrist, the whole framed in masonry, arched at the topTitle supplied by cataloger.Printmaker from statement of responsibility on variant state: J.S. Müller sculpt.After a painting by J.G. Eccardt in the National Portrait Gallery, London. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits.Date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved. According to the Catalogue of engraved British portraits, "This plate was engraved for the Poems, 1753, but destroyed by Gray's desire."Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.For a variant state bearing printmaker's signature, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 376.