William Pitt (1759-1806), Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 167 portraits
Pitt dominated Parliament as Tory Prime Minister from 1783 to 1801 and 1804 to 1806. He restructured Britain's finances after the American Revolution and reformed the government of India in 1784. Pitt regarded the French Revolution as a foreign issue but began to worry that British radicals were in touch with French revolutionaries. After France declared war in 1793, he clamped down on domestic dissent with the first series of 'gagging acts'. In 1800 he arranged a Parliamentary union with Ireland but resigned in 1801 over George III's opposition to Catholics sitting in Parliament. Pitt's rivalry with Fox, his political and temperamental opposite, dominated Parliament for over twenty years.
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
On display in Room 14 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Karl Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
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studio of John Hoppner
oil on canvas, circa 1805 or later
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by Dominick Andrew Olivieri, after Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1823 (1806)
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by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1808
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Unknown artist
plaster cast of seal, late 18th-early 19th century
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after Unknown artist
etching, late 18th century
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'Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 December 1782
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by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 11 September 1782
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by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 17 March 1785
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'Westminster school. or - Dr Busby settling accounts with Master-Billy and his playmates'
by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1785
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'A new way to pay the National-Debt'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 21 April 1786
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'Anticipation, or the approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 1787?
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William Pitt ('The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr*ty***n's bisho-prick')
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published March 1787
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'The board of controul, or the blessings of a Scotch dictator'
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 March 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
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'There's more ways than one' (Charles James Fox; William Pitt; Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 February 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
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'The bow to the throne, - alias - the begging bow'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 6 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
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'Election-troops, bring in their accounts, to the pay-table' (Edward Topham; William Pitt)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 August 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 March 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
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William Pitt ('The vulture of the constitution')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 3 January 1789
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by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 9 April 1789
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by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 28 May 1789
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'The coward comforted, - or - a scene immediately after the duel'
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 May 1789
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'France freedom Britain slavery'
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 28 July 1789
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
line engraving, published 20 February 1789
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by and published by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
line engraving, published 20 February 1789
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published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
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'John-Bull, baited by the dogs of excise'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 April 1790
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published by Robert Sayer, after Isaac Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 20 February 1790 (1789-1790)
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'Wierd sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 23 December 1791
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'Taming of the shrew : - Katharine & Petruchio : - the modern Quixotte, or what you will'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 April 1791
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William Pitt ('An excrescence; - a fungus; - alias - a toad-stool upon a dung-hill')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 December 1791
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'The balance of power. - or - "The posterity of the immortal Chatham, turn'd posture master"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 April 1791
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 19 July 1791
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'A sphere, projecting against a plane' (William Pitt; Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 January 1792
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 16 March 1792
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William Pitt ('The bottomless-Pitt')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 March 1792
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'The fall of the Wolsey of the woolsack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 May 1792
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1792
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William Pitt ('John Bull bother'd; - or - the geese alarming the capitol')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 December 1792
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'The dagger scene; - or - the plot discover'd'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 December 1792
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'Taking physick: - or - the news of shooting the King of Sweden!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 April 1792
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'Wha wants me?' (Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville; William Pitt)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1792
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 February 1793
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'Dumourier dining in state at St James's, on the 15th of May, 1793
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 March 1793
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 April 1793
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'Presentation of the Mahometan credentials - or - the final resource of French atheists'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 December 1793
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