# William Pitt, in Gainsborough Dupont

Gainsborough Dupont painted this in 1787/1796, aged about 33. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> William Pitt the Younger, who became prime minister in 1783 at the age of twenty-four, is shown half-length in a dark coat with red lapels and brass buttons, his face turned towards us.

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## The work

- Date: 1787/1796
- Medium: oil on board
- Dimensions: overall: 15.5 x 12.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.) framed: 29.8 x 27.6 x 5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.17.120
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Gainsborough Dupont](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gainsborough-dupont), British, 1754–1797

Gainsborough Dupont was the nephew of Thomas Gainsborough and his only known apprentice, trained in his uncle’s studio in Bath and then London, where he absorbed his style closely.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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