File:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by William Hoare.jpg

Summary

anonymous: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Artist



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
Location of birth/death	Suffolk	Bath
Work location	London (1752); London (1720–1728); Rome (1728–1737); Bath (1739–1792)
Authority file	: Q1983389 VIAF: 61399384 ISNI: 000000008246698X ULAN: 500011916 LCCN: nr91018002 NLA: 35079706 WorldCat

Title

William Pitt, later First Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

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

Date

circa 1754

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

49 3/4 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1264 mm x 1010 mm)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 34″ N, 0° 07′ 41″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

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.

References

Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG 1050

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North Carolina Museum of Art Elderpitt.jpg

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