<< YCBA Home Yale Center for British Art Yale Center for British Art << YCBA Home

YCBA Collections Search

 
IIIF Actions
Creator:
Allix, Susan, 1943–
Title(s):
Lines from Elegy written in a country churchyard / Thomas Gray ; with etchings drawn in Sussex churchyards [by] Susan Allix.
Additional Title(s):
Elegy
Published/Created:
[London] : [Susan Allix], [1997]
Physical Description:
[50] pages : illustrations ; 15 x 20 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.A45 L56 1997
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds in memory of Steven Proctor
View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Poem presented in a slightly abridged version.
Includes 17 original etchings and aquatints, two printed with additional color (à la poupée) and four hand-colored.
"The drawings for these etchings were made in the village churchyards of Alciston, Arlington, Bishopstone, Folkington, Friston, Jevington, Litlington and West Dean in East Sussex. The book is set in Granby Light Italic and printed letterpress on Velin Arches 200 gsm. paper."--Colophon.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 8 of 20, signed by the artist. Bound in black goatskin, inset with etched glass panel; with original cloth drop-back box.
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Specimens.
Cemeteries -- Great Britain.
English poetry.
Form/Genre:
Etchings.
Etchings.
Aquatints.
A la poupée prints.
Artists' books.
Contributors:
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Export:
XML


If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.