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The Right Honble. William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Lord of the Treasury, &c.
Title
The Right Honble. William Pitt [graphic] : Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Lord of the Treasury, &c. / painted & engrav'd by Js. Gillray.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. May 28th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8 Broad Street, [28 May 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, engraving & stipple engraving ; plate mark 40.0 x 31 cm, on sheet 45.7 x 35 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Probably a later state, with the plate substantially reworked, of a print originally issued with the publication line "Pubd. April 9th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8 Broad Street." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1337.
"Price 4 sh."
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"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."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition.
Variant and related titles
Right Honorable William Pitt
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 14, 2015
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1789.
Engravings - England - London - 1789.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1789.
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