# The Death of the Earl of Chatham

- By: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738 - 1815)
- Date: 1779
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 52.7 x 64.2 cm (20 3/4 x 25 1/4 in.) ; framed: 79.7 x 91.6 x 6.7 cm (31 3/8 x 36 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.34047.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/dd247de1-d0d9-45df-83b1-30c1d336c1c4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)