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Death of Chatham

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Date:

1832.

Reference:

R13133-362-8-E, Volume number: 41

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3985685

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Death of Chatham
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1832.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

John Major,

Extent:

1 print : engraving

Language of material:

English

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This image depicts the moment William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, collapses from a stroke while debating at London's House of Lords. Noblemen run to the aid of the stricken speaker.
Item is of unknown provenance, acquired sometime before the initial cataloguing date of 15/2/32 (written on the verso).
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Artist: Copley, John Singleton 1737-1815, after

Depicted: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Engraver: Nicholson, T.E

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
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Attributions and conjectures:

After the artist John Singleton Copley.

Location of originals note:

Original oil painting by John Singleton Copley, dated c. 1779-1781, is in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l.: Copley
Recto, l.r.: T.E. Nicholson
Recto, l.c.: DEATH OF CHATHAM. / London, Published Nov.r 1, 1832, by John Major, 50 Fleet Street.

Related material:

For another print of this event, see acc. no. 1990-533-1371 (copy negative number C-012202).
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Historical Events - 1778

Group Portrait
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

41 Item no. assigned by LAC 348

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-348

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