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The ascription to Gainsborough Dupont is authenticated by labels on the back of the canvas: 'An Original Portrait of the Right Honble Wm Pitt and for which he sat at Walmer Castle Sepr. 1792 Gainsborough Dupont.,' and at the side: 'Left by Will of Sir James Sanderson Bart to his friend Brook Watson June 1798.' Another label says, 'This picture of the Rt Honble Wm Pitt by Gainsborough Dupont Mr Pitt sat for at Walmer in the year 1792 to oblige Sir James Sanderson Bart who by his Will beqeathed it to me, Brook Watson.' Pitt was elected to parliament in 1780 and became Prime Minister when he was only 24.

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

London

Title

William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806)

Date

1792

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

WM.1557-1948

Acquisition method

management transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum to English Heritage, 2004

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London, Greater London W1J 7NT England

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Artist or maker

Gainsborough Dupont

1754–1797

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