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.
'[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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