"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., and Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822.
