William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham NPG 259

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Richard Brompton

This portrait of Lord Chatham in his parliamentary robes is a version of one painted in 1772 as a gift from Chatham to his friend, Lord Stanhope. When the original was exhibited the following year, it was seen by Horace Walpole who thought it a strong likeness but raw and hard. This version comes from the Stanhope family but is not good enough to be the original. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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