The Right Honourable William Pitt, First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, 1727 - 1815
after Gainsborough Dupont, British, 1750 - 1797
1790
Engraving on paper
Plate: 20 1/4 × 15 3/16 in. (51.4 × 38.6 cm)
Frame: 26 × 35 in. (66 × 88.9 cm)
Mount: 29 7/16 × 20 3/16 in. (74.7 × 51.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
2014.57.5
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower right, beneath image: F. Bartolozzi R. A. Historical Engraver to his Majesti Sculps 1790; inscribed, in plate, lower left, beneath image: Gainsborough Dupont pinxit.; inscribed, in plate, bottom margin, left to right: THE RIGHT HONBLE. WILLIAM PITT. / FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY, / And Chancellor of the Exchequer. / Pub as the Act directs Jan.1.1791 by Gainsborough Dupont No.87 Pall Mall. and B. Evans Poultry.; inscribed, on reverse, bottom center edge, in graphite: a / 187- p189; Stamped, on reverse, bottom center, in purple ink: Furst zu LIECHTENSTEIN / Wien; inscribed, on mount, lower right, beneath sheet, in graphite: p.189.; inscribed, on mount, lower right, beside shieet, in black ink: 38; inscribed, on mount lower left, in graphite: Gainsborough-; stamped, on mount, bottom right corner, in blue ink: 21
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2014.
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