The death of Rochester [graphic]

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Title: The death of Rochester [graphic]
Creator: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 October 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 30th Octr. 1777 by W. Humphrey
Abstract: Slumped in an oversized armchair, wearing nightcap and muffler, the wan libertine Earl listens to a robed, bewigged and bespectacled but nearly toothless old clergyman who reads from the 19th chapter of Genesis. At the head of the bed to the right is displayed a coat of arms, on which the coronet of an earl is visible
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker questionably identified as William Humphrey; design has been attributed to Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching with roulette on laid paper ; sheet 24.7 x 35.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 2a (i.e. verso of leaf 1) of volume 7 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 26 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Material: etching with roulette ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Subject (Topic): Death and burial
Clergy
Clothing & dress
Furniture
Coats of arms
Death
Subjects: Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 > Death and burial
Clergy
Clothing & dress > England > 18th century
Furniture > England > 18th century
Coats of arms
Death
England > 1777
England > London > 1777
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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