The Right Honourable William Pitt Lord Amherst, Governor General of India

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Artist/Maker	Colnaghi (publishers) Turner, Charles (engraver) Lawrence, Thomas PRA (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Full-length portait, standing and looking to front. The sitter is wearing his robes of office, holding a hat in his right hand and is resting his left on papers placed on a stone pillar. In the left background is a view of the port of Canton.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	The Right Honourable William Pitt Lord Amherst, Governor General of India (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on wove paper Wove Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, full-length portait of William Pitt Amherst, first Earl Amherst of Arracan, in robes of office. Mezzotint by Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1826.
Physical description	Full-length portait, standing and looking to front. The sitter is wearing his robes of office, holding a hat in his right hand and is resting his left on papers placed on a stone pillar. In the left background is a view of the port of Canton.
Dimensions	Cut height: 68.5cm Cut width: 40.2cm Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by Sir Thos. Lawrence Principal Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty P.R.A. &c. &c. &c. Engraved by Chas. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty. The Right Honourable William Pitt, Lord Amherst, Governor General of India. From a Picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence painted for the British Factory at Canton, upon his Lordship's return from his Embassy to China London Pubd. Decr. 1st 1826 by Colnaghi Son & Co. Printsellers to the King Pall Mall East.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Robes Governor Boats Port Hat Pillar Amherst, William Pitt (1st Earl Amherst of Arracan)
Place depicted	Canton
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	22108

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O646575/the-right-honourable-william-pitt-print-turner-charles/

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