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.
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
NPG D12365
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
NPG D12994
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D13060
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D14861
'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
NPG D12373
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
'The bow to the throne, - alias - the begging bow'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 6 May 1788
NPG D12378
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12383
'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
NPG D12390
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 March 1788
NPG D12393
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
by and published by John Keyse Sherwin, and published by Robert Wilkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 15 June 1789
NPG D40236
by and published by John Keyse Sherwin, and published by Robert Wilkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 15 June 1789
NPG D40249
by and published by John Keyse Sherwin, and published by Robert Wilkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 15 June 1789
NPG D40250
by James Gillray
line engraving, 1789
NPG D4086
William Pitt ('The vulture of the constitution')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 3 January 1789
NPG D12395
by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 9 April 1789
NPG D12402
by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 28 May 1789
NPG D12403
'The coward comforted, - or - a scene immediately after the duel'
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 May 1789
NPG D12404
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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