A Key for Mr. Copley's Plate
Date1791
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; line engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 9 3/4 in. x 31 5/8 in. (24.77 cm x 80.33 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1997
Object numberPrint-5228/B/RP-823
DescriptionThis is a key and companion to the print titled 'The Death of the Earl of Chatham' by Francesco Bartolozzi after the painting by John Singleton Copley. MarkingsPrinted in ink above the image, "A Key for Mr. Copley's Plate of the / Death of the Late Earl of Chatham".
Printed in ink below the numbered figures in seven columns (recorded top to bottom, left to right): "1 Lord Cardiff", "2 Late Earl of Ferrers then Hon.ble Mr. Shirley", "3 Late Lord Robert Bertie", "4 Earl Fauconberg", "5 Late Duke Montague", "6 Lord Viscount Mount Edgecombe", "7 Lord Viscount Valletort then Hon.ble Mr. Edgecombe", "8 Late Earl Waldegrave", "9 Lord Loughborough then Soliciter General", "10 Lord Chancellor Thurlow then Attorney General", "11 Late Lord George Germain", "12 Earl of Guildford then Lord North", "13 Earl of Westmorland", "14 Lord Onslow", "15 Lord Westcote", "16 Earl of Eglentoune", "17 Dr. Hinchliffe Bishop of Peterborough", "18 Dr. Shipley Bishop of St. Asaph", "19 Dr. Markham Arch-bishop of York", "20 Lord Chief Baron Skinner", "21 Earl of Mansfield", "22 Earl of Bathurst then Lord Chancellor", "23 Marquis of Stafford then Earl Gower", "24 Earl of Sandwich", "25 Lord Amherst", "26 Earl of Dartmouth", "27 Late Lord Viscount Dudley & Ward", "28 Lord Scarsdale", "29 Earl of Jersey", "30 Earl of Harcourt", "31 Earl Cholmondeley", "32 Lord Camden", "33 Richard Brocklesby M.D.", "34 Duke of Grafton", "35 Late Duke of Manchester", "36 Late Lord Viscount Courtenay", "37 Earl of Coventry", "38 Earl of Effington", "39 Right Hon.ble William Pitt", "40 Earl of Stanhope then Lord Viscount Mahon", "41 Late Hon.ble Mr. James Pitt", "42 Present Earl of Chatham", "43 Duke of Devonshire", "44 Duke of Portland", "45 His late Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland", "46 The late Earl of Chatham", "47 Marquis of Lansdowne then Earl of Shelburne", "48 Late Earl Temple", "49 Earl of Radner", "50 Earl of Leicester then Lord de Ferrers", "51 Duke of Richmond", "52 Late Marquis of Rockingham", "53 Late Earl Spencer", "54 Earl Fitzwilliam", "55 Earl of Besborough".
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the sheet, centered: "London, Published by John Singleton Copley R.A. Dec. 26th 1791, and Sold at Parr's Print Warehouse No. 32 Pall Mall.".
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c. 1814
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