Gray's Elegy & FitzGerald's Rubaiyat

Fig.1 - Title Page of the Third Edition of the Elegy (1751.) That of the First Edition is very similar.
Fig.1 - Title Page of the Third Edition of the Elegy (1751.) That of the First Edition is very similar.
Fig.2 - Title Page of the First Edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat (1859.)
Fig.2 - Title Page of the First Edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat (1859.)
Fig.3a - Front Cover of a promotional booklet using the Elegy to advertise. American, c,1890.
Fig.3a - Front Cover of a promotional booklet using the Elegy to advertise. American, c,1890.
Fig.3b - Back Cover of Fig.3a.
Fig.3b - Back Cover of Fig.3a.
Fig.4 - Advertising Leaflet for the Courvoisiers range of Omar Khayyam beauty products. English, c.1912.
Fig.4 - Advertising Leaflet for the Courvoisiers range of Omar Khayyam beauty products. English, c.1912.
Fig.5 - Advertisement for Eagle Shirts invoking Omar Khayyam. American, 1920
Fig.5 - Advertisement for Eagle Shirts invoking Omar Khayyam. American, 1920
Fig.6 - Gray's Monument at Stoke Poges.
Fig.6 - Gray's Monument at Stoke Poges.
Fig.7 - Gray's Monument in Westminster Abbey.
Fig.7 - Gray's Monument in Westminster Abbey.
Fig.8 - Gray's Tomb at Stoke Poges (on the left.)
Fig.8 - Gray's Tomb at Stoke Poges (on the left.)
Fig.9 - FitzGerald's Grave (centre) and the Family Mausoleum at Boulge.
Fig.9 - FitzGerald's Grave (centre) and the Family Mausoleum at Boulge.
Fig.10a - Bentley's Frontispiece for the Elegy.
Fig.10a - Bentley's Frontispiece for the Elegy.
Fig.10b - Bentley's Headpiece and Initial Letter for the Elegy.
Fig.10b - Bentley's Headpiece and Initial Letter for the Elegy.
Fig.10c - Bentley's Tailpiece for the Elegy.
Fig.10c - Bentley's Tailpiece for the Elegy.
Fig.10d - Bentley's explanation of his Plates for the Elegy (Figs.10a, b, & c.)
Fig.10d - Bentley's explanation of his Plates for the Elegy (Figs.10a, b, & c.)
Fig.11 - Edwin Edwards' proposed illustration for v.68 of the third edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat (the Magic Lantern.)
Fig.11 - Edwin Edwards' proposed illustration for v.68 of the third edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat (the Magic Lantern.)
Fig.12 - The Frontispiece of the fourth edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat.
Fig.12 - The Frontispiece of the fourth edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat.
Fig.13a - One of William Blake's illustrations of the Elegy.
Fig.13a - One of William Blake's illustrations of the Elegy.
Fig.13b - Another of William Blake's illustrations of the Elegy.
Fig.13b - Another of William Blake's illustrations of the Elegy.
Fig,14a - An illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig,14a - An illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig,14b - Another illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig,14b - Another illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig,14c - Another illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig,14c - Another illustration from John van Voorst's edition of the Elegy (1834.)
Fig.15a - Title Page of the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855), showing Stoke Poges church.
Fig.15a - Title Page of the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855), showing Stoke Poges church.
Fig.15b - An illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.15b - An illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.15c - Another illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.15c - Another illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.15d - Another illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.15d - Another illustration from the Joseph Cundall edition of the Elegy (1855.)
Fig.16a - An illustration from the Sampson Low, Son & Marston edition of the Elegy (1869.)
Fig.16a - An illustration from the Sampson Low, Son & Marston edition of the Elegy (1869.)
Fig.16b - Another illustration from the Sampson Low, Son & Marston edition of the Elegy (1869.)
Fig.16b - Another illustration from the Sampson Low, Son & Marston edition of the Elegy (1869.)
Fig.17a - An illustration from the Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton edition of the Elegy (1896)
Fig.17a - An illustration from the Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton edition of the Elegy (1896)
Fig.17b - Another illustration from the Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton edition of the Elegy (1896)
Fig.17b - Another illustration from the Ernest Nister & E.P. Dutton edition of the Elegy (1896)
Fig.18a - An illustration from the Hurst & Blackett edition of the Elegy (1902.)
Fig.18a - An illustration from the Hurst & Blackett edition of the Elegy (1902.)
Fig.18b - Another illustration from the Hurst & Blackett edition of the Elegy (1902.)
Fig.18b - Another illustration from the Hurst & Blackett edition of the Elegy (1902.)
Fig.19 - An illustration from the A & C Black edition of the Elegy (1914.)
Fig.19 - An illustration from the A & C Black edition of the Elegy (1914.)
Fig.20a - An illustration from John Lane's Helicon Series edition of the Elegy (1928.)
Fig.20a - An illustration from John Lane's Helicon Series edition of the Elegy (1928.)
Fig.20b - Gilbert James's illustration of v.19 of the first edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat.
Fig.20b - Gilbert James's illustration of v.19 of the first edition of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat.
Fig.21 - An illustration from the Medici Society edition of the Elegy (1931.)
Fig.21 - An illustration from the Medici Society edition of the Elegy (1931.)
Fig.22 - Title Page and Frontispiece of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of the Elegy (1946.)
Fig.22 - Title Page and Frontispiece of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of the Elegy (1946.)
Fig.23- Sample page from the Longman edition of the Elegy illuminated by Owen Jones (1846.)
Fig.23- Sample page from the Longman edition of the Elegy illuminated by Owen Jones (1846.)
Fig.24- Sample page from the Day & Son edition of the Elegy illuminated by Lady Maria Willoughby (1866.)
Fig.24- Sample page from the Day & Son edition of the Elegy illuminated by Lady Maria Willoughby (1866.)
Fig.25 - An Elegy in a Country Back-Yard (Punch,1900.)
Fig.25 - An Elegy in a Country Back-Yard (Punch,1900.)
Fig.26 - A Query - by Omar Khayyam (Punch, 1895.)
Fig.26 - A Query - by Omar Khayyam (Punch, 1895.)
Fig.27 - The cover of L.J. Hime's Allergy in a Country Churchyard (1951.)
Fig.27 - The cover of L.J. Hime's Allergy in a Country Churchyard (1951.)
Fig.28 - One of Punch's Prize Medals (1882.)
Fig.28 - One of Punch's Prize Medals (1882.)
Fig.29 - An advertising poster for the 1957 Omar Khayyam film.
Fig.29 - An advertising poster for the 1957 Omar Khayyam film.
Fig.30 - The front cover of Roach's Beauties of the Poets series no.1 (1794.)
Fig.30 - The front cover of Roach's Beauties of the Poets series no.1 (1794.)
Fig.31 - Title Page & Frontispiece of the Scott, Webster & Geary edition of Graveyard Poetry (c.1827.)
Fig.31 - Title Page & Frontispiece of the Scott, Webster & Geary edition of Graveyard Poetry (c.1827.)