"Portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham" by Jean André Rouquet at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London - More commonly known as William Pitt the Elder (to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger), this was the British Secretary of State during the Seven Years War and many victories have been attributed to his policies. This is why, for instance, when the British took Fort Duquesne from the French, they renamed it Fort Pitt - now the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1St Earl, Williams Pitt, Portraits Miniatures, Enamels Portraits, 18Th Century, Miniatures Portraits, Albert Museums, Enamels Miniatures, Painting Miniatures
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Field Marshal Jean Louis Ligonier, 1755 (c) by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Taking a prominent role in the government of William Pitt the Elder during the Seven Years War (1756-1763), Ligonier was created field marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in 1757. He was given an earldom in 1766 and died four years later, in his 90th year. He is considered by many to have been the greatest British soldier between Marlborough and Wellington. | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, by George Romney, scanned from 'House of Pitt' by Sir Tresham Lever (1947). This is the portrait on which Jacqui Reiter's excellent drawing is based (pinterest.com/...). It hangs, or used to hang, at Chevening, formerly the home of William Pitt's biographer Earl Stanhope.
"The Sanderson Children" by William Tate (1775) at the Holburne Museum, Bath - From the curators' comments: "This group portrait shows Elizabeth, Margaret and Matthew Sanderson from Ossett, near Wakefield. All three figures wear fancy dress, Matthew is wearing 'Van Dyck' dress, a costume for boys very popular in paintings at the time. They are shown puzzling over a book of riddles."