Hymn to adversity [art original].

Description

Title: Hymn to adversity [art original].
Alternative Title: Tailpiece to Hymn to adversity
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1753]
Publication Place: England
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.
Mounted on page [26A] 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 : sheet 14.7 x 18.0 cm, mounted to 33.1 x 23.8 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 532 C753g Copy 2
Collection Title: Page 26A. 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.

Genre: Book illustrations
Wash drawings
Material: brown and gray wash over pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Hymn to Adversity. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.