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.
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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