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[William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, head and shoulders portrait, facing right] – Vintage Photo Print

[William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, head and shoulders portrait, facing right] — antique engraving
[William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, head and shoulders portrait, facing right]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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William Pitt, the Elder, who became Earl of Chatham in 1766, is the sitter here, shown in a head-and-shoulders engraving turned to the right. Pitt was the dominant British statesman of the Seven Years' War, a fiery orator in the House of Commons who directed the war effort that won Canada and much of India for Britain. Portraits like this one were widely reproduced in the eighteenth century, so they circulated as a way for readers to recognize a public figure whose speeches and policies filled the newspapers. The record gives no date, so the plate's exact year is unknown.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126909

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