The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]

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Title: The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]
Creator: Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Contributor: Hoare, William, 1707-1792, artist.
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1754 and 1760?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross
Abstract: "Portrait after William Hoare, seated to left at table, three-quarter length, eyes to front, holding letter in his right hand; wearing plain coat with large, buttoned-down cuffs and tightly curled wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title engraved below image.
State with alteration to publisher Richard Houston's address in imprint statement; text "at [the] Golden Head in Broad Court Covent Garden" at end of imprint has been erased and "Charing Cross" added in its place. This state seems to come between Russell's state 'b' (state I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits) and state 'c'. See: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Date range for publication inferred from the 1754 date assigned to the preceding state of the plate (British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1451), as well as from other plates published by Richard Houston that are dated up to 1760.
"Price 5 s."--Preceding imprint.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 254 (leaf numbered '70' 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 39.2 x 29 cm, on sheet 40.2 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State between 'b' and 'c' in Russell].
Language: English