Copley /The Death of the Earl of Chatham (1779–81) Poster
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The Death of the Earl of Chatham is the title of a 1781 oil-on-canvas painting by Boston-born American artist John Singleton Copley. It depicts the collapse of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on 7 April 1778, during a debate in the House of Lords on the American War of Independence. Chatham is surrounded by peers of the realm, and the painting contains fifty-five portraits. Copley's painting is a visual record of the appearance of the Armada tapestries, which were destroyed in the 1834 Burning of Parliament.
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