Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"
1779
Artist, American, 1738 - 1815

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and white chalk on discolored blue paper
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Credit Line
John Davis Hatch Collection, Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Avalon Fund
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Dimensions
sheet: 30.7 × 49.5 cm (12 1/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1980.4.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir Robert Witt [1872-1952], London, 1941 (Lugt Supp.2228b); JJohn Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1980 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1966
Prown, Jules David. John Singleton Copley, vol. 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966, no. 399.
1976
Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 2.
Markings
lower right verso stamped in black ink: RMW (2228b)
Wikidata ID
Q64584136