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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.
