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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

(1708-1778), Prime Minister

Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

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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.

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Jonathan Spilsbury, after  William Hoare - NPG D32919

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Jonathan Spilsbury, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D32919

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D32922

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (1754)
NPG D32922

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D1278

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D1278

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D1279

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D1279

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D1280

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D1280

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by 'Tom Trueblue', published by  E. Sumpter, after  William Hoare - NPG D1281

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by 'Tom Trueblue', published by E. Sumpter, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D1281

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D2058

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D2058

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D19075

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, (circa 1754)
NPG D19075

'The Times', Plate 1, by William Hogarth - NPG D21366

'The Times', Plate 1

by William Hogarth
etching and engraving, published 1762
NPG D21366

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by Richard Houston, after  William Hoare - NPG D32925

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare
mezzotint, 1766
NPG D32925

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by John Keyse Sherwin, after  Richard Brompton - NPG D32032

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by John Keyse Sherwin, after Richard Brompton
line engraving, published 1778
NPG D32032

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, by John Keyse Sherwin, after  Richard Brompton - NPG D2057

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

by John Keyse Sherwin, after Richard Brompton
line engraving, published 1778
NPG D2057

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