William Pitt
(1759-1806), Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 174 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.
William Pitt; Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
by John Kay
etching, 1798
NPG D16449
published by John Brydon, after Simon de Koster
stipple engraving, published 13 August 1799
NPG D40247
published by John Brydon, after Simon De Kostar
stipple engraving, published 1799 (1799)
NPG D8726
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by James Whittle
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1799
NPG D12677
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 29 November 1799
NPG D12715
'Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, - with its effect upon patriotic feelings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 15 April 1799
NPG D13096
by Charles Brome, after William Owen
line engraving, published 1799
NPG D16448
by John Kay
etching, 1800
NPG D32340
by John Kay
etching, 1800
NPG D16445
'Integrity retiring from office!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 February 1801
NPG D12756
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
William Pitt ('The national parachute, - or - John Bull conducted to plenty and emancipation')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 July 1802
NPG D12791
by Anthony Cardon, after and published by Henry Edridge, and published by Colnaghi & Co
stipple engraving, published 26 December 1804
NPG D40248
by Anthony Cardon, after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 1804 (1801)
NPG D5528
'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1804
NPG D12829
'Britannia between death and the doctor's'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1804
NPG D12830
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1804
NPG D12833
storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
NPG D13106
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 7 August 1804
NPG D13108
by Anthony Cardon, published by and after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 1804 (1801)
NPG D14503
by James Godby, after William Owen
stipple engraving printed in colours, published 1804
NPG D16446
by Thomas Gaugain, published by Edward Orme, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1805
NPG D40243
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 February 1805
NPG D12840
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 10 March 1805
NPG D12841
'Political-candour; - i.e. - Coalition-"resolutions" of June 14th 1805. - pro bono publico'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 June 1805
NPG D12846
'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
NPG D13110
by Richard Earlom, published by Josiah Boydell, after Gainsborough Dupont
mezzotint, published 1 August 1806 (1792)
NPG D40240
An Independent Tribute to the Memory of the Right Hon. William Pitt
by James Godby, printed by John Nichols, after Edward Orme
stipple engraving and letterpress, 25 January 1806
NPG D40246
by George Clint, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D40253
by George Clint, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D1711
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after William Owen
line engraving, published 1806
NPG D5529
by Peter Wyon
white metal medal, 1806
NPG D7055
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1806
NPG D12859
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1806
NPG D12863
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 21 April 1806
NPG D12864
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
gravure, (1807)
NPG D40254
'Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 9 January 1807
NPG D12884
by William Bromley, published by Robert Bowyer, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 4 June 1808
NPG D40251
by William Bromley, published by Robert Bowyer, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 4 June 1808
NPG D40252
by Charles Williams, after Elizabeth Walker
hand-coloured etching, published 23 February 1808
NPG D47474
!['[Frontispiece to hints to J. Nollekens, Esq RA]', by James Sayers, published by R. Spencer - NPG D12265](https://collectionimages.npg.org.uk/std/mw60743/Frontispiece-to-hints-to-J-Nollekens-Esq-RA.jpg)
'[Frontispiece to hints to J. Nollekens, Esq RA]'
by James Sayers, published by R. Spencer
soft-ground etching, published 19 July 1808
NPG D12265
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'Disciples catching the mantle: - the spirit of darkness overshadowing the priests of Baal'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1808
NPG D13116
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, and after John Hoppner
stipple engraving, published 17 November 1810
NPG D40235
by Thomas Bragg, after John Hoppner
line engraving, published 1810
NPG D829
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, and after John Hoppner
stipple engraving, published 17 November 1810
NPG D15478
by James Heath, after Edward Francisco Burney, after Joseph Nollekens
line engraving, (1812)
NPG D40245
by Joshua (or John) Kirby Baldrey, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, circa 1815
NPG D40237
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1835
NPG D21945
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Thomas Gainsborough
chromolithograph, published 1911
NPG D40244
by Robert Sargent Austin, printed by The Baynard Press
chromolithograph, published 1943
NPG D40241
by Unknown artist
silhouette
NPG D462
by Joan Fabris, published by Antonio Suntach, after Simon De Kostar
stipple and line engraving, published 20 May 1800
NPG D19646
by Anthony Cardon, published by and after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 1804 (1801)
NPG D19877
Related People
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (father)
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (brother)
- James Charles Pitt (brother)
- Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (niece)
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