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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Right Honorable William Pitt / painted & engraved by James Gilray.
London : Pub'd. Feby. 20th, 1789 by Js. Gillray & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [20 February 1789]
etching and engraving
image: 427 x 340 mm; plate mark: 498 x 367 sheet 530 x 395 mm
Peel 2236
Notes
With the Pitt family coat of arms in lower margin.
This state lacking the additional caption text: Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury, &c.
This state lacking the additional caption text: Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury, &c.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background. 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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