Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray (1753)

OTD (273 years ago): Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray (1753), the first authorized collected edition of Gray's poetry, published by Robert Dodsley.

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Dodsley's Poems by Mr. Gray (1768)

On this day (258 years ago), collected Poems by Mr. Gray (1768) published by James Dodsley in London.

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Facsimile page

Happy to report the addition of the 1843 edition of _Elegia di Tommaso Gray_ to the #ThomasGrayArchive digital library. The volume contains 12 Italian, 5 Latin, 1 Hebrew, 6 French, and 4 German #Elegy translations:

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Thomas Gray (1716-1771) © National Portrait Gallery, London

Happy 309th birthday, Thomas Gray!

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Facsimile of the title-page of Anon. ԿՆԴԻ ԵՂԵՐԳՈՒԹԻԻՆ Ւ ԳԻՒՂԱԿԱՆ ԳԵՐԵԶՄԱՆԱՏՈՒՆ. Beauties of English Poets. Venice: In the island of S. Lazzaro, 1852. 149-177.

Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:

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Facsimile of the 1843 2nd edition title page of Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna / tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con aggiunta di varie cose finora inedite per cura del dottore Alessandro Torri veronese

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Autumn 2025 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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Facsimile of the title-page of The poems of Mr. Gray. London: Kearsley, 1786. [ESTC T42615]

We have added three pre-1800 editions of Thomas Gray's poems to the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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The poems of Mr. Gray. London: Kearsley, 1786. [ESTC T42615]
Poems by Mr. Gray. [London: 1787?] [ESTC T490245]
Poems by Mr. Gray. Parma: Bodoni, 1793. [ESTC N21109]

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Excellent paper by Paris Weber to conclude a fabulous #NASSR2025 on Thomas Gray's representation of nature as integral to the perception of time's flow and human memory in his #EtonOde and #Elegy, drawing a connection from Burnet to Hardy.

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Gray's Monument, Stoke Poges

Today marks the 254th anniversary of the death of Thomas Gray—poet, letter-writer, scholar, polymath.

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Screenshot of the original MS poem from https://sterncenter.library.jhu.edu/early-book-collections/thomas-gray-manuscripts/

We have included Gray's sketch on the Bay of Gaeta in the #ThomasGrayArchive Latin poems:

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Written on an excursion from Rome to Naples in 1740, while on the Grand Tour, the poem is among Gray's MS notes on the journey, at @jhulibraries.bsky.social.

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Facsimile of the 1793 title page printed by Bodoni of Gray's Poems

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Spring 2025 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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Update on the "#Elegy in translation"-project phase II (1806-1850): 55 early #c19 #translations in 12 #languages (Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh):

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Thomas Gray, NPG London

Happy 308th birthday, Thomas Gray!

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Facsimile page of John Martin's 1839 edition of Elegy-translations

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Autumn 2024 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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Very pleased to announce the availability of a digital rhyme-index to the complete English poems of Thomas Gray:

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Gray's Monument, Stoke Poges

Today marks the 253rd anniversary of the death of Thomas Gray—poet, letter-writer, scholar, polymath.

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We have added five examples of Gray's "Elegy" as an addition to Robert Blair's "The Grave" to the #ThomasGrayArchive's digital library:

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Facsimile of the title page of The grave, a poem, by Robert Blair With a life of the author & prefatory notes on the poem; to which is added Gray's Elegy written in a country church yard. Perth: published by James Morison and sold by Will. Morison. 1799. ESTC N18308

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Spring 2024 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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The #ThomasGrayArchive is thrilled to announce the second phase of the "Gray's #Elegy in translation"-project, which will add over 50 #translations, including ones in five new #languages (Armenian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene)

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We have added three pre-1800 editions of Gray's poems to the #ThomasGrayArchive's digital library:

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Title page of Poems by Thomas Gray; ... Manchester: G. Nicholson, 1796 / Northup 206, ESTC T173278

Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Autumn 2023 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive:

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