35 results filtered with: Pitt, William, 1759-1806
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In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
Date: 1806Reference: 16174i
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William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 21 May 1796Reference: 12184i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a Roman charioteer, sitting on a chariot drawn by the British lion and the white horse of Hanover, vanquishes the advocates of peace with France. Etching by J. Gillray, 1795.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 30 1795Reference: 585566i- Pictures
Charles James Fox holds the right hand of Lord North who points towards Britannia who has been pushed to the ground on to her shield as the Earl of Shelburne pulls her hair and tears her clothes and William Pitt the younger looks on. Engraving, 1783.
Date: May 20 1783Reference: 585272i
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Bethlem Hospital, London: the incurables being inspected by a member of the medical staff, with the patients represented by political figures. Drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: [1789]Reference: 536228i- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury from which William Pitt the younger has just wheeled a wheelbarrow laden with money bags one of which he hands to the King. Line block after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603163i- Pictures
An episode in Paradise Lost featuring William Pitt as Death and Lord Thurlow as Satan, separated by the Queen, who attempts to protect Pitt. Etching by J. Gillray, 1830.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585517i
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Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, mayor of Garrett, presents an address from the Corporation of Garrett to William Pitt the younger, who wears a crown and sits on a commode. Coloured etching by F.G. Byron, 1788.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792.Date: [30 September 1788]Reference: 38396i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger standing full face wearing mock-Elizabethan dress with a feathered hat, his left hand extended and the other holding out a stick. Etching after G. M. Woodward, 1791.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: June 20 1791Reference: 585378i
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Henry Dundas, wearing traditional Scottish costume, protects William Pitt the younger under a large tartan cape; implying Dundas's sympathetic attitude towards Pitt referred to by Courtenay in a famous speech. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 2 June 1792Reference: 12181i