The death of Rochester [graphic] / W.H. fect.

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Title: The death of Rochester [graphic] / W.H. fect.
Creator: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680--Caricatures and cartoons.
Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680--Death and burial.
Published / Created: 1777 October 30
Copyright Date: [30 October 1777]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: 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: Printmaker questionably identified as William Humphrey; design has been attributed to Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with roulette ; 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

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1777.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1777.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680--Caricatures and cartoons.
Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680--Death and burial.
Subject (Topic): Clergy.
Clothing & dress--England--18th century.
Coats of arms.
Death.
Furniture--England--18th century.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5465
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 27