W. Pitt

Title: W. Pitt
Artist: John Hoppner
First Exhibited Date: c. 1805
Type: Oil on canvas
Size (HxW, mm): 1410 x 1080
Current Exhibition Location: National Portrait Gallery, London: NPG L267
Lent By: Earl of Rosebery
Catalog Number: 46
Catalog Page: 7
Catalog Description: William Pitt, son of the first Earl of Chatham, was Prime Minister and Chancellor of Exchequer at the age of 24, and during the war with Napoleon, was perhaps the greatest man in Europe. he died, Prime Minister, in 1806, in his forty-seventh year. He is buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his great father, and, "as the coffin descended into the earth, the eagle face of Chatham from above seemed to look down with consternation into the dark house which was receieving all that remained of so much power and glory."