Right Honorable William Pitt, First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury

January 8, 1789
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Right Honorable William Pitt, First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury
  • Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)
  • Publisher: William Dickinson (British, London? 1746/47?–1823 Paris)
  • Sitter: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (British, 1708–1778)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: January 8, 1789
  • Medium: Stipple engraving and etching; third state of three
  • Dimensions: image: 5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (13 x 10.8 cm)
    sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.2 x 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.756–1717
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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