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Antique Master Print-WILLIAM-PITT-YOUNGER-MEZZOTINT-Goed-Owen-1806

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€395.00

‘WILLIAM PITT.
PAINTED BY W. OWEN. ENGRAVED BY H. S. GOED. LONDON PUBLISHED JANUARY 1806 BY W. OWEN, LEICESTER SQUARE.’

– Bust portrait of William Pitt the Younger, turned slightly to his right, wearing a dark coat and cravat. William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official 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. He is known as “Pitt the Younger” to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who had also previously served as prime minister. [Source: Wikipedia]

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 40.3 x 53.2 cm (15.87 x 20.94 inch). Image size: 33.5 x 41.7 cm. (13.19 x 16.42 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Tear a bottom middle, backed. Small tear at op right, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WILLIAM PITT, PRIME MINISTER, BRITISH HISTORY, GEORGIAN PORTRAIT, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, WILLIAM OWEN, MEZZOTINT, 18TH CENTURY POLITICS | PCO-B3-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in London, January 1806, by H.S. Goed, Leicester Square.

Reference: GAC 8786.

Biography engraver: H. S. Goed was a British engraver active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for fine mezzotints after academic portraits.

Biography artist: William Owen (1769-1825) was a British portrait painter, trained at the Royal Academy, and appointed official Painter to the Prince of Wales in 1810. Despite a promising career, he faced financial ruin and died tragically due to a medical error.

Additional information

Dimensions 53 × 40 × 1 cm

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