FDA-E.678-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.678-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
'Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen...', Gray's Ode
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Printed black & white view showing boys bathing in the river, with Eton College Chapel behind
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 484mm
width (sight size): 615mm
width (sight size): 615mm
Inscription
'J C[?] pinxit. Silvester sculpsit. / Say Father Thames for thou hast seen / Full many a sprightly race, / Dispporting on they margent green, / The pathes [sic] of pleasure trace. / Gray's Ode / London, Published June 1. 1803. by R. Silvester. No.27. Strand'
Materials & techniques note
Stipple engraving
Physical description
Modern bronzed/gilt frame
Production
Person
Silvester, Richard William, 1771 - 1840 (Engraver)
Date
1803
History and association
Associated object
FDA-E.790-2013 (another impression)
