William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

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• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 32 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.

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• William Hoare (1707-1792), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 73 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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Possibly one of the several versions of the portrait that Chatham described in 1754 as 'the very best thing [Hoare] has yet done, in point of likeness'

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• Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 45
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 119
• Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 63