Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
00122 |
Object Name |
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Collection |
Wilderstein |
Description |
A colored mezzotint of William Pitt the Elder sitting at a writing table wearing a powdered wig, a velvet coat over velvet knee britches, and a lace-trimmed white shirt. Caption along bottom edge, with a central heraldic-type seal, reads: "The Right Hon.ble William Pitt Esqr. / One of His Majesty's Principal Secretarys of State, / and One of His Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council. / Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside 1760." Engraved by Edward Fisher after a portrait by William Hoare. |
Artist |
E. Fisher after W. Hoare |
Material |
Paper/Wood/Glass |
Subjects |
Art-18th century England-Pictorial works Great Britain-Politics and government Pitt, William-Portraits Prints |
Provenance |
Purchase by Margaret L. Suckley at the "Maizeland" auction, Red Hood, NY, 1922 |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site. |