William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
(1708-1778), Prime MinisterEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 33 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Statesman and Prime Minister. Forced by opinion on George II to save the nation in 1756, Pitt led the House of Commons and organised the victories of 1759 over France which consolidated British sea power and brought territorial gains in India and Canada. In 1761 he resigned. He returned to office as Prime Minister in 1766, accepting an earldom, only to fall ill and retire. Although suffering from manic-depression, Pitt left his sick bed in 1778 to plead for a tolerant attitude to the British colonists in America. He was the father of William Pitt the younger.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
studio of William Hoare
oil on canvas, circa 1754
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Joseph Wilton
marble bust, circa 1766 or after
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
after Richard Brompton
oil on canvas, based on a work of 1772
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The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
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Verse by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
etching, (1750)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Jonathan Spilsbury, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
after William Hoare
mezzotint, (1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by 'Tom Trueblue', published by E. Sumpter, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Sisson, after William Hoare
mezzotint, 1761
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by William Hogarth
etching and engraving, published 1762
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, 1766
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ('The Arms of the Right Honble W_ P_tt')
by Unknown engraver
etching, 1778 or after
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by John Keyse Sherwin, after Richard Brompton
line engraving, published 1778
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by John Keyse Sherwin, after Richard Brompton
line engraving, published 1778
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Related People
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (son)
- Villiers Clara Hannam (née Pitt) (sister)
- Ann Pitt (sister)
- James Charles Pitt (son)
- William Pitt (son)
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