Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham NPG D1279

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Houston, after William Hoare

Statesman and Prime Minister. Forced by opinion on George II to save the nation in 1756, Pitt led the House of Commons and organised the victories of 1759 over France which consolidated British sea power and brought territorial gains in India and Canada. In 1761 he resigned. He returned to office as Prime Minister in 1766, accepting an earldom, only to fall ill and retire. Although suffering from manic-depression, Pitt left his sick bed in 1778 to plead for a tolerant attitude to... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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