Art
Portrait of William Pitt the Elder
Details
- Date
- c1754
- Author / Artist
- William Hoare
- Dimensions
- 127 x 102 cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.28
- Current location
- Blue Room
- Related
- Related history
Portrait of William Pitt, Lord Chatham 1708- 1778, painted in 1754 the year he married Hester Grenville, only daughter of Richard Grenville and Hester Countess Temple. Its was Hesters brother who inherited Stowe from Lord Cobham, his uncle, and later became Earl Temple. Known as William Pitt the Elder, he was Prime Minister frrom 1766-1768.
