[Tailpiece to A long story] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Tailpiece to A long story] [art original].
- Creator
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created
- [not after 1753]
- Publication Place
- England
- 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.
Tipped in as page [22A] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by Thomas Kirgate. Rosenbach to W.S. Lewis, September 1934.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 13.8 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 23.8 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
- Collection Title
- Page 22A. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Collection Date
- London, J. Dodsley, 1789.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Book illustrations
Ink drawings - Material
- pen and ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
- Citation
- Richard Bentley, Tailpiece to A Long Story. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 15735064
- Object ID (OID)
- 17480304
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