The Answer to the Lyre : : Richard Bentley's Illustrations for Thomas Gray's Poems / / Loftus Jestin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Jestin, Loftus,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.) :; 165 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Facsimile of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray --; Introduction --; I. History of the Publication --; II. Background for Bentley's Graphic Art --; III. Title Page Fleuron --; IV. Designs for Ode on the Spring --; V. Designs for Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat --; VI. Designs for Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College --; VII. Designs for A Long Story --; VIII. Designs for Hymn to Adversity --; IX. Designs for Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard --; X. Conclusion --; Appendix I: Designs for The Bard --; Appendix II: Identification of Engravers --; Illustrations --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512803228; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512803228
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Loftus Jestin.

In 1753 Robert Dodsley published Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Sponsored by Horace Walpole, this quarto was the first major aesthetic expression of the Strawberry Hill circle and a landmark in English book illustration.