The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c. [graphic]

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Title: The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c. [graphic]
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [15 July 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publised [sic] July 15, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "Portrait, almost half-length in a rectangular frame, as a young man, directed to left, wearing a jacket with a high collar fastened with two buttons across the chest, with a frilled cravat and powdered hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title engraved below image.
Third state, with statement of responsibility "Painted & engrav'd by H. Kingsbury" burnished from plate.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 286 (leaf numbered '112' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 38 x 28 cm, on sheet 44.1 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English