William Pitt
1 portrait of William Pitt
William Pitt
by Anthony Cardon, published by and after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 1804 (1801)
14 7/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. (379 mm x 284 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1916
Reference Collection
NPG D19877
Artistsback to top
- Anthony Cardon (1772-1813), Engraver and print publisher. Artist associated with 68 portraits.
- Henry Edridge (1769-1821), Portrait painter and landscape draughtsman. Artist associated with 116 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D5528: William Pitt (from same plate)
- NPG D14503: William Pitt (from same plate)
Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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