[William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]

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Title: [William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]
Alternative Title: Dreaded apparition
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created: [1806?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right.
Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1.
Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.
Provenance: Purchased from Abbott and Holder, July 2008; Acquisitions no.: 2008-7-17-1.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 33 x 56 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Pen and wash drawings
Ink drawings
Cartoons (Commentary)
Material: pen & ink & wash with graphite ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons

Access: Public
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Citation: Henry William Bunbury, William Pitt Facing a Fearful Crowd. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.