Lord Orford's Memoires. Mr. Pitt [graphic]

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Title: Lord Orford's Memoires. Mr. Pitt [graphic]
Creator: Thomson, James, 1790-1850, printmaker
Contributor: Bentley, R. 1708-1782, artist.
Hoare, William, 1707-1792, artist.
Published / Created: [1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Murray
Abstract: "Portrait of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, head and shoulders to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing long white wig, plain jacket and neckerchief; in an oval resembling a medallion, surrounded by winged Phrygian cap on pole with two snakes, cornucopia and palm leaves; two men and right reading text written on cloth, tied to a standard; illustration to Horace Walpole's 'Lord Orford's Memoires'; after Bentley, portrait after Hoare."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text above and below image.
The portrait was engraved after William Hoare, with Bentley providing the ornamental design; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 329 x 248 mm, on sheet 438 x 302 mm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Chine collé prints
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1822
Material: engraving on chine collé ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,
Subjects: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
England > London > 1822

Access: Public
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