Object Number 1958.2764 A

Object Name

Print on glass

Title

The Right Honourable William Pitt Esq:\r/ One of his Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State/ And One of his Majesty's most Hon:\ble Privy Council

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Bowles & Son (Publisher and seller)
1753/1754-1763/1764

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

William Hoare (Painter)
c.1707-1792

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1754-1764

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; Sold by Jn.\o Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper; Oil paint; Glass

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.6 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles & Son

Place of Publication

Black Horse, Cornhill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Edition Notes

First state both engraved and sold by Houston. Bowles & Son published the second state, slightly cutting down the plate and erasing the inscriptions.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 60, pp. 112-13.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 2. 461-940.
• Listed under no. 92, pp. 679-80.