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An Elegy: Written in a Country Churchyard

1869
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An Elegy: Written in a Country Churchyard
  • Author: Thomas Gray (British, London 1716–1771 Cambridge)
  • Sitter: Thomas Gray (British, London 1716–1771 Cambridge)
  • Illustrator: Robert Barnes (British, 1840–1895)
  • Illustrator: Richard Principal Leitch (British, 1826–1882)
  • Illustrator: Edmund Morison Wimperis (British, Chester 1835–1900 Southbourne, Hampshire)
  • Illustrator: Charles Joseph Staniland (British, Kingston-upon-Hull 1838–1916 London)
  • Publisher: Sampson Low, Son and Marston (London) , London
  • Printer: Printed in color by Cooper, Clay & Co. (British, 19th century)
  • Date: 1869
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 x 3/4 in. (26 x 18.7 x 1.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
  • Object Number: 66.723.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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