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 Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 February 1794
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 2 March 1795
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'God save the King, - in a bumper. or - an evening scene, three times a week at Wimbleton'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 May 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
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William Pitt ('Blindmans-buff - or - too many for John Bull')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 June 1795
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William Pitt ('The British butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute for bread')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 July 1795
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William Pitt ('The sleep-walker')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
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'Retribution; - tarring and feathering; - or - the patriots revenge'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 November 1795
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'The Crown and Anchor libel, burnt by the public hangman'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 17 December 1795
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'Substitutes for bread; - or - right honorables, saving the loaves, and dividing the fishes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 December 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, soft-ground etching and engraving, published 30 April 1795
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'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
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after William Miller
line engraving, circa 1796-1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 April 1796
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