The Right Honourable William Pitt from an original picture by I. Hoppner Esq. R.A. in the possession of the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave / [graphic]

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Title: The Right Honourable William Pitt from an original picture by I. Hoppner Esq. R.A. in the possession of the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave / [graphic]
Creator: Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Contributor: Jackson, John, 1778-1831, artist.
Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 November 1810]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Nov. 17, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait of William Pitt, half-length, directed to the front, head turned and looking to the left, wearing double breasted coat and neckerchief; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822.
Bound in opposite page 256 (leaf numbered '72' 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 38.1 x 33 cm, on sheet 51.1 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English