Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1794]
Call Number:
Portraits P688 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt the elder falls back after speaking in the House of Lords, his head falling to right against his left shoulder, supported by the Duke of Cumberland with the Earl of Bessborough sitting to far right, the Marquess of Rockingham and Duke of Richmond standing beside him, looking and gesturing towards Chatham, Lord Rivers and Lowth, Bishop of London, standing on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,0608.166., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The name of each figure is inscribed in the image.
Publisher:
Published 4th of June 1794 by Robert Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
"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.
Emblematic representation of the presentation of the Freedom of the City of London to William Pitt and Henry Bilson Legge, including: The enthroned figure of the City of London; mythological figures Minerva and Hydra; personifications of Justice, Fame, Plenty, Commerce, Prudence, and Fortitude; a temple; the offices of the Chamberlain of the City of London
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., "Price 6d plain, colour'd 1s.", Ten lines below image: The City of London seated on her throne, attended by Plenty, Commerce, Justice, & Wisdom, in the character of Minerva, exiting her to order the Chamberlain ..., Watermark: countermark IV., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall & Robt. Withy, at Hogarth's Head, opposite Salisbury-Court in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Bilson-Legge, Henry, 1708-1764,
"Portrait, half-length seated almost in profile to left, right arm resting on a table beside him, looking towards the viewer, wearing a velvet coat and long white wig; after Hoare; printed on the same sheet as a public letter explaining the sitter's resignation."--British Museum online catalogue. See Registration number: 1902,1011.5172
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable William Pitt Esquire
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of letterpress text below.
Publisher:
Print'd for Jno. Smith at Hogarth's Head facing Wood Street, Cheapside
"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., and 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.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Price 6d.', Seven stanzas of verse engraved below image: Behold his bust who saved our state, view sympathizing Britain weep ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: old and injured British Oak -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Wars: allusion to war with Spain -- Wars: allusion to peace negotiations, 1762 -- Navy: war ships -- Family compact -- Containers: travelling trunks -- Medallions -- Bribes -- Spaniards -- Frenchmen -- Literature: quotation from Cato, iv.139, by Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 -- Allusion to François de Bussy, 1699-1789 -- Allusion to John Russell, Duke of Bedford, 1710-1771., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by R. Withy, at the Dunciad in Cornhill
"The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute drag the British Lion, or George III, in a small car, such as children use, decorated with a big Thistle; on the king's head is a very large jack boot, which, falling over his face, blinds him. Pitt leans over the balcony and endeavours to remove the boot, i.e. to deliver the British Lion from the influence of Bute. The Duke of Cumberland, very fat, wearing the costume supposed to be appropriate to Roman generals, rushes forward to aid the king, his nephew. A soldier, a sailor, and a lawyer endeavour to hold back a wheel of the car, pulling at a rope attached to it. A number of persons, male and female, stand under the balcony and look on. In the background a harbour is indicated by the masts of ships. On our left is "THE OLD BRITISH WARE HOUSE", from which merchants are despatching bales of goods to "Pondicherry", "Martinico 1'', "Guadeloup", "Louisbourg", and "Quebec". These are the names of places captured from the French during the war which it was proposed to conclude by the peace promoted by Lord Bute, and agreed to in 1762. A Frenchman and a Spaniard, colonists (?), are receiving these goods in an amicable way. ... This satire was doubtless designed to induce the ministry of Lord Bute to desist from surrendering the places in question to the French as, even thus early in the negotiations, it was rumoured they intended to do. ...The minister and the princess drag the car towards a "Hosptial for Scoth pensioners." On our right, at the windows, three Scotchmen appear. Hogarth, mounted on a ladder, is busily painting a Scotch Thistle on the sign of the hospital. On his paint-pot is written: "500 250". This refers to Hogarth as the recipient of a pension, or rather as Serjeant-Painter to the king, and especially to the publication of "The Times. Plate I” ..."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political strugle and Political struggle
Description:
Title etched below image. and Cf. No. 3885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772,, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, City & town life, National emblems, British, Scottish, Taxes, and Warehouses
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.
"Pitt the elder falls back after speaking in the House of Lords; on the walls are the tapestries of the defeat of the Spanish Armada."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Death of the Earl of Chatham
Description:
Title from dedication below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 1st 1791 by J.S. Copley, no. 24 George Street Hanover Square
