File:OlderPittThe Younger.jpg

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Artist
John Hoppner  (1758–1810)  wikidata:Q326066
 
John Hoppner
Description English portrait painter
Date of birth/death 4 April 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 23 January 1810 / 25 January 1810 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitechapel Whitechapel
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artist QS:P170,Q326066
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of the Right Honourable William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), three-quarter-length, in a black coat, standing before a column and gold brocade drape.

The present portrait is one of various versions by Hoppner of Pitt the Younger. The original is considered to be that commissioned by Lord Mulgrave in 1804 and which is now at Cowdray Park. The original portrait was still in the artist’s studio two years later when Pitt died and applications for copies were immediately submitted by Pitt’s friends and colleagues.

The provenance of the Marquesses of Londonderry is of particular note, given that Robert Stewart, first Marquess of Londonderry, was elevated to the peerage by Pitt as Baron Londonderry in 1789. He was later created Viscount Castlereagh on 1 October 1795, Earl of Londonderry on 8 August 1796, and later Marquess of Londonderry after Pitt’s death. Lord Castlereagh played an important role throughout Pitt’s attempts to reform the Irish Parliament and to bring about greater unity between Westminster and Dublin.
Date after 1806
date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, copy of a original of 1804
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 144.5 cm (56.8 in); width: 114.5 cm (45 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,144.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,114.5U174728
Object history
Provenance

- The Marquesses of Londonderry
- With Owen Edgar Gallery, London
- Sale, Christie's New York, 11 January 1995, lot 235 (sold $34,000)
- Where purchased by the present owner

Notes OLD MASTER PAINTINGS, 12 March 2008, Lote 67
Source/Photographer Bonhams

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