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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Right Honble. William Pitt / painted & engraved by Js. Gilray.
London : Pubd. May 28th 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8, Broad Street, [1789]
etching, engraving, and stipple
image: 300 x 240 mm; sheet 362 x 240 mm
Peel 2237
Notes
Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Lord of the Treasury, &c.
With the Pitt family coat of arms in lower margin.
A later state, dated May 28, 1789, with an added rectangular border.
Library's copy closely trimmed, with loss of plate mark and partial loss to price stated at bottom right.
With the Pitt family coat of arms in lower margin.
A later state, dated May 28, 1789, with an added rectangular border.
Library's copy closely trimmed, with loss of plate mark and partial loss to price stated at bottom right.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Oval portrait; half-length almost in profile to left, head turned and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain high-collared coat, one button fastened at the chest, a frilled cravat and stock and a powdered queue wig. Cf. British Museum online catalogue.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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