JOHN WILMOT

JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL OF ROCHESTER (1647-1680) PIECE SIGNED ROCHESTER 5.7 x 8.5cm , loosely laid down on an old laid paper leaf, rareThe greatest poet of his generation, Rochester's dissolute and short life of excess was unmatched even in the court of Charles II, dying of venereal disease at the age of 33. The handwriting of the present signature would suggest that it dates from towards the end of his life.