Object Number 1965.2999

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

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

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

William Hoare (Painter)
c.1707-1792

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

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1770-1778

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; R. Houston Fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; W. Hoare Pinx\t

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

15.8 (H) , 11.48 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 11.04 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.1 (H) , 29.15 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 11.04 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.5 in. (39.3 cm). Plate W: 11.04 in. (28.05 cm). Chain interval: 3.1-3.2 cm; Laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles & Son

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II or III

Watermark

Two cartouches through the center

Edition Notes

Variant of second state, or third, unrecorded state.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 28, pp.92-93.
[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.
• Print listed as no. 92, pp. 679-680.