Mr. Gray [graphic]

Description

Title: Mr. Gray [graphic]
Creator: Doughty, William, 1757-1780 or 1782, printmaker
Contributor: Mason, William, 1725-1797, artist.
Published / Created: [1778]
Publication Place: York, England
Publisher: A. Ward
Abstract: "Portrait of the poet Thomas Gray; bust, in profile to the left; wearing plain shirt, with short hair; in oval; after Mason."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
After a drawing by William Mason. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Early state, before additional lettering added to statement of responsibility. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1956,1018.21.
Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears.
Frontispiece to: Gray, T. The poems of Mr. Gray. York : Printed by A. Ward ..., 1778.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 64 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Provenance: Spencer, ex dono Annie Burr Lewis; June 1933. Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.4 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Book illustrations 1778
Frontispieces
Portrait prints England 1778
Etchings England 1778
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Subjects: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 > Portraits
1778
England > 1778
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.