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1. The death of Rochester [graphic]
- Creator:
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 October 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.10.30.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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. and Printmaker questionably identified as William Humphrey; design has been attributed to Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 30th Octr. 1777 by W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Clergy, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Coats of arms, and Death
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The death of Rochester [graphic]