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anonymous: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham  wikidata:Q28047641 reasonator:Q28047641
Artist
Studio of William Hoare  (between circa 1707 and circa 1792
date QS:P,+1750–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1707–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1792–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q1983389
 
Studio of William Hoare
Alternative names
William Hoare of Bath
Description English portrait painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death circa 1707
date QS:P,+1707-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 12 December 1792 / 1799 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Suffolk Bath
Work location
London (1720–1728); Bath (1739–1792); Rome (1728–1737); London (1752) Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
William Pitt, later First Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait of the British statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), at three-quarter length, grey wig falling behind shoulders; rich brown velvet suit, white cravat, shirt and wrist ruffles; on the table an inkstand, pen and papers, a letter in his right hand; brown interior background; lit from left.
Depicted people William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1754
date QS:P571,+1754-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 49 3/4 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1264 mm x 1010 mm)
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 1050
Object history From the collection of William Pitt the younger's tutor, George Pretyman Tomline (1750–1827) of Orwell Park, sold at Colnaghi’s 1937
Exhibition history Purchased, 1896, from the 1st Viscount Bridport, through Colnaghi's
Notes This is one of several versions of a popular portrait of Pitt repeated several times by the artist with studio assistance. Among other known versions at three-quarter length is one at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 1050

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