Grosvenor Prints

[William Pitt the elder] Guilmus Pitt. The Man Who Having Saved the Parent Pleaded With Success For Her Children.
Hall sculp.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Etching with engraving. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed to plate on right.
The two sides of a bronze medal by Thomas Pingo, celebrating the 1766 repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765, after Pitt argued that it was unconstitutional to impose taxes upon the colonies and the Act would cause the separation of the American Colonies from the mother country. He became Earl of Chatham later that year.
[Ref: 59281] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Panic on both Sides or Great Men in the horrors!!
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub: No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly Corner of Sackville St NB Folio Caracatures lent for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 265 x 400mm (10½ x 13½"), paper watermarked 'E & P', with publisher's ink stamp lower right. Paper toned at edges. Time stained.
The caricatured figures of William Pitt and Charles James Fox sit back to back, glaring at each other over their shoulders. Pitt sits on a chamber pot with the Royal Crest, the 'Convention Bill' (the Seditious Meetings Bill and Treasonable Practices bill) sticking out from his pocket; and Fox sits on a chair on which a bonnet-rouge hangs, a paper with 'Copenhagen meeting' (mass meetings held by the London Corresponding Society in Copenhagen Fields) in his pocket.
BM Satires 8689.
[Ref: 61881] £320.00

Billy a Cock-Horse or the Modern Colossus amusing himself.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub Mar. 8. 1797. by S. W. Fores No 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sackville S.t. [n.d. c.1797]
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 305 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate on right. Small margins on 3 sides.
Satire on the British Bank Restriction Act 1797. Pitt bestrides a saddle on top of the Speaker's chair, he wears top-boots in place of shoes, and looks down at the Opposition instead of at his own supporters. Instead of bulging coat-pockets, saddlebags are strapped to a belt round his waist; one (left) is 'Resources for Prosecuting the War'; from it hang strips of paper: '20s British Assignats 40s D.o 10s D.o 5s D.o 2.6. D.o'. Rolled documents also project from it: 'St Georges Volunteers', 'Yeomanry Fencibles', 'Supplementary Cavalry', 'Supplementary Militia.' On the other bag, 'Remains of the Gold & Silver Coin', Pitt arrogantly rests his left hand. With the spur on his left top-boot he gashes Fox, so that a stream of blood pours from his side; he and the other leaders of the Opposition are terrified, Sheridan and Erskine amoung them. Pitt's right boot is not spurred; beside and behind it are the ranks of the Ministerialists, kneeling in alarmed and bewildered supplication. Dundas in Highland dress stands with his hands on his hips with Wilberforce next him. The Speaker looks straight before him, holding up both hands; the clerks write, each turning towards the group of members next him.
BM Satires 8994.
[Ref: 62899] £360.00

Index to the House of Peers on the 7th April 1778 when the Earl of Chatham was taken Ill.
[after John Keyse Sherwin.]
London, Published 4th. of June 1794 by Robert Wilkinson, N.o 48 Cornhill.
Etching, scarce. 335 x 415mm (13¼ x 16¼"), with very large margins. Creasing, ink spot.
The key plate to Sherwin's painting of the seizure suffered by William Pitt the elder (1708-78, 1st Earl of Chatham) in the House of Lords, during a debate on seeking peace with the American revolutionaries. He died a month later.
[Ref: 47426] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt Earl of Chatham] Il Faut Déclarer la Guerre a la France.
[n.d., c. 1782.]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4½''), with large margins. Messy.
An unusual image showing William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) stating his opposition to France at the start of the Seven Years War.
[Ref: 49932] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Secretary of State from the Year 1757 to 1761. This Print is most respectfully addressed to the Patriotic members of both houses of Parliament and to all who preserve a gratefull rememberance of departed worth by James Barry R.A.
Published as the Act directs Sep.r 1778 by J.B.
Etching. 445 x 370mm (17½ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in image (near Pitt's nose), repaired tears in margin. Bit messy.
A memorial to William Pitt the Elder, with a bust-like portrait in profile of Pitt with Britannia holding a spear, a pyramid with extensive text and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
Pressly 14, state vi of vi.
[Ref: 52974] £650.00

Error in Judgement or John Bull taking advantage of a Precedent.
Pub.d Jan.y 15. 1806 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed. Slight discolouration near Pitt.
A satirical print showing the obese figure of John Bull scowling at a bowing William Pitt, Bull reprimands Pitt for his error in judgement. Pitt had made an alliance with Russia which was blamed for the defeat of the allied forces at Austerlitz during the French Revolutionary Wars.
BM Satire 10517.
[Ref: 46627] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.]
Tom Trueblue fec.t
Engrav'd for the British Antidote: Printed for E. Sumpter in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1755.]
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"), with very large margins.
A portrait, set in a circle of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) after a portrait by the artist William Hoare. The text below comes from the epitaph written for Sir William Trumbull by Alexander Pope.
[Ref: 43623] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Younger.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10½") very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), after an oil by John Hoppner, now in Cowdray Park. However this mezzotint is likely taken from a copy made in Hoppner's studio to satisfy a considerable demand, now owned by the Tate but on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG L267.
[Ref: 57858] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Pitt, Earl of Chatham; 1766.
J. Chapman Sculp.
Published as the Act directs March 1.st 1824.
Stipple with large margins. Plate 159 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
William Pitt, 1st Earl Chatham (1708-1778) who served Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1766 and 1768. He led Britain during the Seven Years' War and is known for his single-minded devotion to victory over France. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes'.
[Ref: 27058] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Elder] Earl of Chatham. Begun from a Painting by M.r Brompton, but Corrected from a Cast Moulded from his Lordships face, by Joseph Wilton Esq.r Royal Academician.
Publish'd August 27 1778 by I. K. Sherwin No. 234 Strand & No. 4 Old Bond Street.
Etching with engraving. Sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A three-quarter portrait of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, in his robes, gesturing towards right with his left hand, his right on his chest.
[Ref: 60220] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Chatham is represented holding the Cap of Liberty [...] The leading Ideas in this Design are evidently these - Lord Chatham's Care of the Libert of his Country [...]
John Bacon Inv.t F. Bartolozzi Etch'd.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov. 12. 1779.
Etching. 350 x 220mm (13¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Minor toning.
A portrait of William Pitt the Elder (1708-1778), 1st Earl of Chatham, styled in full Roman dress. Pitt's figure is surrounded by three allegorical female figures and four children. Pitt served as prime minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768; he was well regarded by his contemporaries and is ranked highly by historians in comparison with other prime ministers. He was lauded particularly for his leadership during the Seven Years War and his commitment to empire and expansionism.
[Ref: 54078] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Publick Credit. Is represented as a Man in hr Vigour of his Years, healthy, String and Active, nobly clithed heaving his Senator's gown and a Gold chail about his Neck, that seens to command Esteem & Honour, holdingunderhis Arm a Merchant's book of accounts, indorsed on he cover with a botto that signifies True Credit, free from All Interest, & a Griffin befow which imaginary Animal amongst hy Antients was used for a Synbot of Sale Custody, & therefore intimates that a person should have a watchful Eye over his Stock if he means to get & preserve credit, The Figures behind represent Popery, Stript and exposed on his Back, & left handed Rebellion blindfold furiously drwing his sword, both seeming to threaten Publick Credit, while Slander behind them is blowing ye Brand of sedition, the Fox is ye Emblem of Cunning & Deceit, for which ye Enemy is Remarkable, ye Malk & Dagger, atop Private Treachery for which he is notoriously infamous.
G. Bickham invt. Et Sculp.
October ye 18 1745.
Etching 200 x 326mm, 8 x 12¾inches. Trimmed just inside the platemark.
Celebrating William Pitt and London merchants who declared to continue to accept paper money at a time of financial crisis caused by the Jacobite Rising and other events in 1745; with an etching by Bickham showing a full-length portrait of Pitt, holding in his right hand a bank note, in the background on the ground the Pope with Tiara, but stripped of his clothes, behind him a blindfolded soldier in armour and tartan drawing a sword, respresenting the landing of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, in image surrounded by an ornamental frame with a fox withdrawn into the corner, representing Lord Holland, Lord of the Treasury.
BM:2686.
[Ref: 12913] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Chancellor of the Exchecquer William Pitt. First Lord of the Treasury, etc.
Painted by Ant: Hickell. Engraved by J.G. Huck.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 495 x 385mm (19 x 15¼"), withlarge margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of William Pitt (1759-1806), British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801. He left office in March 1801, but served as prime minister again from 1804 until his death. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all his time as prime minister.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67107] £480.00

[William Pitt the Younger] Billy's Puppet Shew for the Year 1804.
Pub.d by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly London May 29 1804. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 'Portal & Bridges 1797'. Trimmed close to plate on three sides.
William Pitt the Younger as a puppet-master holding the strings of six tiny puppets as Melville, in highland dress, plays the bagpipes. John Bull, his wife and son are the audience. Pitt says: ''Now Mr Bull, you shall see what you shall see - A Comedy of my own making - all entirely new Performers believe me''. John answers: "Poo - Poo! - No flummery - I've been looking over the Play Bill this half hour and the Devil of anything new do I see but Yourself and the Scotch Piper''. A satire on Pitt's return to the premiership on 10 May 1804.
BM Satires 10248.
[Ref: 58463] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Pitt and Sheridan] The Ex-Minister and the Meteor. Sir, Amongst the many attack's which I have had this night to sustain, has been one from a flash of lightning_a Meteor, which wanders about, moveing sometimes on one side, and sometimes on the other___a Meteor which to the regret of us all, has not been lately seen amongst us, but which upon its return has turned its blazing resentment upon me_but in whose fiery face I can look without terror or dismay. __vide Mr Pitt's reply to Mr Sheridan on the State of the Navy.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 13th, 1804 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly_Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Pitt stands as if declaiming in the Commons, looking towards the grotesque profile head of Sheridan, larger and fierier than life, and the centre of close-set rays which cover the background and are jagged like conventional lightning. The two heads face each other in profile; Sheridan's stare is both baleful and disconcerted. Pitt's right hand, holding a rolled document, 'Act fo [sic] War', rests on his hip. In the debate of 15 March 1804. Pitt's motion for an inquiry into the administration of the Navy (under St. Vincent) was opposed by Sheridan.
BM Satires 10235.
[Ref: 60967] £380.00

[William Pitt the Younger] A Ciceronian Attitude. [Attic Miscellany] Oratorical Portraiture No 2.
[Annabal Scratch fecit]
[Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & Co Sep.r 1st 1790.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 110mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed, to printed border on three sides, losing half of sur-title, signature and publication line, some text offset.
A full length caricature portrait of Pitt as if speaking in the House, but with his right forefinger on his closed lips. He holds a rolled document inscribed 'Excise Laws -Commutation Act' Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM Satires 7670.
[Ref: 59577] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Younger] Talk of an Ostrich! an Ostrich is nothing to him; Johnny Bull will swallow any thing!!
Pub.d Decem.r 13 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sockville St, NB folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Etching, collector's mark D.K. Sheet 390 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate, corners damaged, paper lightly toned.
William Pitt the Younger (1759 –1806) uses the butt of a musket to ram a document inscribed 'Conven[tion]' down John Bull's throat. A satire on the Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices Bills (1775).
BM 8703.S
[Ref: 60101] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

An Independent Tribute To the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt. By W.T. Fitzgerald, Esq. January, 25, 1806. Scarce had the Tear that dew'd our Nelson's Hearse...[etc.]
Printed by J. Nichols, Earl's Court, Soho, for Edward Orme, Engraver, Printseller to the King and Royal Family, 59, Bond Street, London; and by all the Booksellers and Printsellers [c.1806].
Letterpress broadside with woodcut vignettes either side of oval portrait (stipple and etching), sheet 420 x 270mm. 16½ x 10½". Repaired tears and holes. Damaged. Laid.
A poem commemorating William Pitt the Younger (1759 - 1806), who became the youngest ever Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. The portrait inscribed 'Orme delin. Godby sculp.'
[Ref: 26935] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Younger] To the Right Hon.ble John Earl of Chatham, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, First Lord of the Admiralty, &c. &c. &c. By Permission this Plate of The Right Hon.ble William Pitt, is humbly Dedicated by his Lordships most devoted serv.t John Brydon. From the Original Picture in the Possession of W.Bellingham Esq.r.
Painted in Crayons by S. De Koster. Engrav'd by G. Keating.
London Pub.d Jan.y 18 1794 by J. Brydon. Charing Cross.
Mezzotint, platemark 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), large margins. Some small abrasions. Some tears and dirt in margins.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), prime minister, engraved after a pastel portrait by Simon de Koster (1767-1831), a German-born portrait painter who moved to London in 1788.
CS: 9 II of II.
[Ref: 55927] £390.00

The Right Hon: William Pitt.
Gainsborough Pinxit. William Bromley Sculpsit.
Pub. by Rob.t Bowyer, No 80 Pall Mall, June 4th 1808.
Engraving, title in open letters. 720 x 475mm (28¼ x 18¾"). Thread margins, wear to lower left edge, small repairs to margins.
Full length portrait of Pitt the Younger, standing at a table, official robes to his right. He had died in office two years earlier.
[Ref: 49831] £380.00

The Right Honourable William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury etc.
Painted by Ant: Hickel. Engraved by J.G. Huck.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Rare mezzotint. 495 x 385mm (19½ x 15¼"). Thread margin at bottom, small tear in right margin.
A three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), seated at a desk with papers and books.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii.
[Ref: 66650] £420.00

[William Pitt] No. IV. Miss G_d_n. No. V. The juvenile Financier.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street March 1: 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Small margins.
A pair of bust portraits set in ovals illustrating an account of William Pitt and a milliner Miss Goodwin, the account comments on Pitt's previous liason with his laundress before this affair. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6296.
[Ref: 45510] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Will.m Pitt.
Drawn by H. Edridge. 1801. Engraved by Antb.y Cardon.
London, Published Dec.r 26. 1804 by H. Edridge No.64 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, and by Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Stipple. Plate: 425 x 305mm (16¾ x 12"), with large margins. Worm holes in margins.
A portrait of British, Tory statesman William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at age 24.
[Ref: 47011] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

To the Noblement and Gentlemen Members of The Carlton Club, This Print of The Right Honorable William Pitt. Is with permission respectfully dedicated by their most obedient & very humble Servant C. Turner. Proof.
Painted by Sir T. Lawrence. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published March 1.st 1837, by Mr. Turner, No. 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, open letter state. 530 x 375mm (21 x 14¾"), with large margins. A little soiling in right margin.
Three quarter portrait of William Pitt the younger, his left hand resting on a large piece of paper behind him and holding a scroll in his right. The painting is in the Royal Collection at Windsor.
Whitman 433. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 5.
[Ref: 66495] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[To the Noblement and Gentlemen Members of The Carlton Club, This Print of The Right Honorable William Pitt. Is with permission respectfully dedicated by their most obedient & very humble Servant C. Turner.]
Painted by Sir T. Lawrence, P.R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published March 1.st 1837, by Mr. Turner, No. 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 530 x 375mm (21 x 14¾"), large margins. Margins chipped.
Three quarter portrait of William Pitt the younger, his left hand resting on a large piece of paper behind him and holding a scroll in his right. The painting is in the Royal Collection at Windsor.
Whitman 433. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4.
[Ref: 66496] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[To the Noblement and Gentlemen Members of The Carlton Club, This Print of The Right Honorable William Pitt. Is with permission respectfully dedicated by their most obedient & very humble Servant C. Turner.]
[Painted by Sir T. Lawrence, P.R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.]
[London, Published March 1.st 1837, by Mr. Turner, No. 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint, early progress proof, unique proof. Sheet 395 x 220mm. Trimmed, platemark only at top.
An early progress proof of a quarter portrait of William Pitt the younger, with the subject shown half length, only the upper central part of the plate mezzotinted, in an oval.
Whitman 433. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1. See 66495 for the completed plate/
[Ref: 66497] £480.00

[To the Noblement and Gentlemen Members of The Carlton Club, This Print of The Right Honorable William Pitt. Is with permission respectfully dedicated by their most obedient & very humble Servant C. Turner.]
Painted by Sir T. Lawrence, 1808. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published March 1.st 1837, by Mr. Turner, No. 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 530 x 375mm (21 x 14¾"), large margins.
Three quarter portrait of William Pitt the younger, his left hand resting on a large piece of paper behind him and holding a scroll in his right. The painting is in the Royal Collection at Windsor.
Whitman 433. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3.
[Ref: 66498] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the younger] Billy Pierrot and His Puppet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 4.th 1804 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"), watermarked 1795. Some staining. Abrasion in ground near foot. Trimmed to plate in areas. Top right, bottom right and left corners chipped. Damaged.
Satire on the Middlesex by-election of 1804. William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) dressed as Pierrot holds a puppet of Tory politician, George Boulton Mainwaring (1773-1822). Pulling a string which moves its arms and legs he says, "Here he is Gentlemen, a Chip of the Old Block One of my own Manufactory. Here you go up up up, And then you go down down downee." On the ground lies a paper, 'and a begging we will go will go will go and a begging we will go.' In the background a procession of four coaches drive past a large signpost, 'To Brentford'. They are inscribed 'Compelled by the Contractors', the occupants say "it's all against the grain". 'Comanded by the Treasury'. 'Under the Influence of the Excise'; they say, "We are obliged to go aginst the grain." 'Threatened by the Magistrates'; they say, "I am obliged to go against my Conscience or lose my Licence."
BM Satires 10263. See [Ref: 68513] for one with slightly different colouring.
[Ref: 63707] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Will.m Pitt.
[Engraved by Charles Turner? after Sir Thomas Lawrence?]
Cambridge, Publish'd Feb.y 28, 1814, by W.D. Jones, at his Repository of Arts, Market Hill.
Mezzotint, top edge of inscription area uncleaned. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14").
Three quarter portrait of William Pitt the younger, dressed in a dark jacket, hand resting on a table. Whitman cites an example with a pencil annotation, ''Plate destroyed only 6 impressions taken off''. He questions the attribution to Turner. It also differs from the similar Lawrence portrait in the Royal Collection at Windsor.
Whitman 434. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66494] £320.00

[William Pitt the Younger et al] A Smoking Club.
Ja.s Gillray del.t 1793.
[George Humphrey, c.1822.]
Coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman 1822. Sheet 200 x 225mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The Speaker Henry Addington sits above Pitt, Fox, Dundas and Sheridan, sitting at a table with tankard and punch bowl, all smoking long pipes. A burlesque of the House of Commons as a smoking-club, a plebeian gathering of quarrelsome members puffing smoke at each other.
BM Satires 8303.
[Ref: 54574] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble William Pitt, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of S.r Brook Watson, Bar.t.
Painted by Gainsborough Dupont, 1792. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published by Boydell & Co. Aug.t 1. 1806, No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 515 x 350mm (20½ x 13¾"). Framed.
A half-length portrait in oval of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest-ever Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. The title refers to him as Chancellor of the Exchequer because the office of 'Prime Minister' had yet to become formalised.
CS 32, ii of ii.
[Ref: 54624] £360.00

The Right Hon.ble Will.m Pitt.
The original painted in crayons by S. De Kostar, and Exhibited at the London Tavern, August 14th 1799.
Publish'd August 23, 1799, by J. Brydon, No.7 Charing Cross.
Stipple. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24.
[Ref: 41449] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

W. Pitt.
H. Vernet 1819.
Lith. de G. Engelmann.
Lithograph, printed area 130 x 80mm (5 x 3¼"). Bit dusty.
Bust sculpture of William Pitt (the younger, 1759-1806), prime minister, with a snake coiled around it, suggesting treachery or betrayal. Lithograph by Horace Vernet (1789-1863), painter who was part of a distinguished family of artists including his father Carle and grandfather Joseph.
[Ref: 43917] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Younger] The Fountain of Invention!! This Justly Admired Fountain was Greatly Improved and the Present Statue Erected for the Year MDCCLXXXII.
London Pub.d by W. Holland. Oxford St 1795.
Etching with grey wash. Sheet 530 x 260mm (21 x 10¼"), Trimmed within plate, losing c. 10cm of image at top, laid on album paper at corners.
William Pitt the Younger as a statue, mouth raised to spout a stream of words falling in a symmetrical cascade. A satire on his inconsistency with regard to Parliamentary Reform and for his burdensome taxes, the subjects of taxation listed in the stream, including Burials, Wine, Rum, Tea, Cocoa, Bonds, Hair Powder, Promissory Notes and Four-wheel Carriages.
BM Satire 8621.
[Ref: 54304] £680.00

William Pitt. Ministre du Roi d'angletterre.
Frattres Klauber exc.
[n.d. c.1800.]
A rare coloured stipple. Part printed in Bistrae. Plate 241 x 178mm. 9½ x 7". Uncut sheet.
William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806) was a British politician. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24.
[Ref: 14276] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honorable William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Se vend chéz Haid. [n.d., c.1782.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 150mm. Mounted on album paper.
[Ref: 7483] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Billy in the Dumps or how to Manage Affairs on the Next Meeting of Parliament.
Pub Jan.y 10 1794 by S. Alken No. 14 Castle Street Leicester Square.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark: Portal & Bridges. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Slight crease.
A satirical scene in which George III and Queen Charlotte walk into a room where a exasperated William Pitt attempts to deal with money and politics. On the desk are three bags labelled 'subscription money' and Pitt holds two documents, one titled 'The Loss of Tolon' and 'A plan for Raising a sum to Enable His Majesty to Carry on the War'. Behind Pitt a black devil leaps above a map of France saying 'Work the Public Billy'.
BM Satires 8434.
[Ref: 46629] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1789.
[Engraved by J. Jones.]
Pub.d as the Act directs [May ye 20th 1789 by J. Jones N. 75 Great Portland] Street.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Thread margins, title area (only) rubbed, most of engraver's and publisher's inscription illegible.
A portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) dressed in his Chancellor's robes, after George Romney. Pitt served as Chancellor three times (1782-83, 1783-1801 & 1804-06), the last two terms while he was also Prime Minister.
CS 63, i of ii.
[Ref: 43445] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt] The Brazen Image erected on a Pedestal wrought by Himself.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d May 29th 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caractures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Watermarked paper, 410 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Tear in centre across inscription area to printed border, top left corner frayed.
A yellow statue of William Pitt the younger stands on a plinth made of blocks listing all the taxes he had introduced, including income tax and taxes on hair powder, hats, servants, windows, beer and malt. On one side stand Sheridan and Fox, who says ''That Brass countenance of his never shone with more conspicuous confidence, one would think he was in the very act of proposing a new Tax''. On the right are John Bull and his Irish wife 'Hibernia'; Bull says 'I suppose that there Writing there, is the account of all his wonderfull Works"'.
BM Satire 9869.
[Ref: 51683] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

William Pitt.
Ant: Hickel Pinx.t. P.M.Alix Sculp.
A Paris chez Drouhin Editeur, Rue de Vaugirard No 1348 enface du Jardin des Carmes. [n.d., c.1795.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours. 415 x 330mm (16½ x 13").
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at age 24.
[Ref: 9046] £480.00

The Right Hon.ble William Pitt Engraved by Bartolozzi from the much esteem'd picture in the possession of Lord Viscount Melville
W. Owen pinx.t
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1. 1806 by W. Barnard No.1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square.
Engraving, platemark 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), prime minister. In 1782, at the age of twenty-three, Pitt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the ministry of Lord Shelburne as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Shelburne resigned due to opposition from Charles James Fox and Lord North early in 1783, after which Pitt resigned, rejecting overtures to join forces with Fox and North. Following the impact of the American Revolution on the Fox-North coalition, Pitt took advantage of this to secure his administration, and began to enact his agenda. Later that year he became the youngest ever Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. Engraving after a portrait by William Owen (1769-1825), whose sitters also included Lord Grenville and Sir John Soane, many of whose paintings of rustic subjects also became popular engraving. Owen was made portrait painter to the prince of Wales in 1810 but met an unfortunate end, dying of poisoning after a chemist's assistant mistakenly gave him a bottle of opium instead of the correct medication.
[Ref: 41688] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Minister turn'd Admiral, or the Surrender of the Castles. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, Nov.r 1. 1792.
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Some foxing.
William Pitt takes the keys to the Cinque Ports, having been made Lord Warden at a salary of £3,000.
BM: 8128.
[Ref: 45669] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

No. IV. Miss G_d_n. No V. The juvenile Financier.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street March 1, 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portraits set in ovals. On the right William Pitt (1759-1806), who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. On the left is a portrait of a Miss Goodwin, a miliner and daughter of an officer. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6296.
[Ref: 38562] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.le William Pitt, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
J.S. Copley Pinx. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Publish'd Jany. 19th.1789 by W. Dickinson New Bond Street.
A very fine stipple. Plate 272 x 216mm. 10¾ x 8½".
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) was a British politician. By 1783 he had become the Right Hon. William Pitt when he joined the government of Lord Shelburne as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was appointed a member of the Privy Council. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. Following the impact of the American Revolution on the Fox-North coalition, Pitt took advantage of this to secure his administration, and began to enact his agenda. His first major piece of legislation as Prime Minister was the India Act 1784. The Regulating Act had been enacted to primarily weed-out corruption in the East India Company in the Bengal. This Act provided for the appointment of a board of control, and a joint government of the company on the crown. The governors of Bombay and Madras were deprived of their independence and given lesser authority in decision making. Calcutta was given great powers in matters of wat, revenue and diplomacy; thus becoming in effect the administrative capital of compnay possessions in India.
[Ref: 17309] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble William Pitt, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Engraved from the Original Picture in the possession of S.r Brook Watson, Bar.t.
Painted by Gainsborough Dupont, 1792. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published by Boydell & Co. Aug. 1. 1806, No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 515 x 355mm (20¼ x 14"). Trimmed along platemark lower edge, creased.
An oval portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), painted in 1792 but published shortly after his death. Engraving by Richard Earlom, possibly after the portrait by Gainsborough Dupont now in Temple Newsam House (LEEAG.PA.1858.0133), although extending downwards more than in the Temple Newsam portrait.
CS 32.
[Ref: 46779] £420.00

An Independent Tribute To the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt. By W.T. Fitzgerald, Esq. January, 25, 1806. Scarce had the Tear that dew'd our Nelson's Hearse, Call'd forth The Tribute of each Patriot Verse, When Pitt, in Manhood's prime, resign'd his Breath. And join'd The Hero of his Choice in Death...Though plac'd where strong Temptations might allure, The Minister of England still was Poor----Do justice, Britons, to his spotless Mind, Who govern'd Kingdoms, left no Wealth behind!
Printed by J. Nichols, Earl's Court, Soho, for Edward Orme, Engraver, Printseller to the King and Royal Family, 59, Bond Street, London; and by all the Booksellers and Printsellers [c.1806].
Broadside; letterpress title; stipple and etched portrait printed from a separate plate, very large margins. Sheet 521 x 381mm. 20½ x 15". Slightly soiled.
A poem commemorating William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest ever Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. The portrait inscribed 'Orme delin. Godby sculp.'
[Ref: 27279] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Francesco Pizzarro Conquistatore del Peru.
B.Ricci sculp.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage, large margins. Hole in margin of portrait, pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541), the frontispiece portrait of volume 4 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67076] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Pizzaro a New Play or the Drury-Lane Masquerade.
Pubd June 11th 1799 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, plate 255 x 410mm (10 x 16"), with small margins. Small holes and abrasions in margins and plate mark. Tears to edges and some light time staining.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751 – 1816), fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro leads George III and Charlotte to the Royal box. He holds guttering candles in each hand and belows towards the stage to play God Save the King. George III remarks to Charlotte, "No! no! no Jacobins here all Loyal all Loyal, Charming Man the Author eh! charming Man, never saw him in such a good light before." Three princesses follow; one says: "bless me I never saw that General at Court". Behind are the Dukes of York and Cumberland. On the floor by Sheridan are two papers: 'Maidstone Loyalty' , and '[Tomorr]ow Evening performed a new play called the Loyal Author to which will be added a Peep behind the Curtain Vivan[t] Rex et Regina'. The curtain is down; on the proscenium, replacing the usual 'Veluti in Speculum', is 'Anti Jacobin House'. Charles James Fox (1749–1806) and another man stand in the pit, waving their hats towards the royal box. All the principal Drury Lane singers sang 'God Save the King' before the perfomance, with the Duke of York's (Coldstream) band on the stage. 'Rule Britannia' was sung between Pizarro and the farce ('The Apprentice') and 'God Save the King' was again sung while the King and Queen were leaving the theatre. Sheridan adapted Pizarro (1796) from August von Kotzebue's Spanier in Peru (1796).
BM 9402
[Ref: 56454] £380.00

Un Pizzicaruolo.
Cav.r Ghezzi delin. AP. 1741.
Etching. Sheet 310 x 210mm, 12¼ x 8¼". Trimmed, with an 18th century watermark.
Etched by Arthur Pond after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists.
Hake: 77.
[Ref: 15946] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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