Collection search - Key to the Earl of Chatham

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Key to the Earl of Chatham

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R2466-13-8-E, Volume number: 16

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3985992

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Arthur George Doughty fonds

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Key to the Earl of Chatham
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : etching ; 31.9 x 84.5 cm (sheet).

Language of material:

English

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Etching by an unknown engraver depicting a Key to J.S. Copley's work "The Death of the Earl of Chatham" (c. 1779-1781). The image depicts the moment William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, collapses from a stroke while debating at London's House of Lords.
In this print, each of the 55 figures is numbered, and a corresponding list identifying the noblemen is shown at the bottom of the page.
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Artist: Copley, John Singleton 1737-1815, after

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

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

After the artist John Singleton Copley.

Note on the state of conservation:

There is some discolouration around the edges, and a vertical fold mark down the middle.

Original version note:

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

Related material:

For copies of the print after Copley's work, see acc. no.'s 1990-533-1371 and R13133-348.
Subject heading:

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Historical Events - 1778

Group Portrait
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2009-00929-0
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2466]

[Consultation 90 Open]

16 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R2466-1

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