Round portrait of William Pitt the Elder, erected on an ornate support and leaning against a plinth on which stand the figures of Loyalty and Liberty. They hold above Pitt's portrait a banner inscribed with title of the print. Loyalty has her left foot on the neck of a prostrate ugly old woman representing Envy. The support below Pitt's portrait contains the following dedication: To the Rt. Honble. the Lord Mayor Aldermen & Common Council of the City of London, this plate is Dedicated by their humble servts. Darly & Edwards
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '75' in upper right corner of image., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Liberty -- Figure of Loyalty -- Figure of Envy -- Reference to Magna Charta.
