About this artwork
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artist:Joseph Wilton (1722 - 1803) English
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title:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708 - 1778. Statesman
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date created:About 1759
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materials:Marble
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measurements:76.20 cm (height)
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object type:
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credit line:Given by Lady Sybil Grant 1947
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accession number:PG 1493
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Joseph Wilton
Joseph Wilton
The eldest son of an entrepreneurial London plasterer and proprietor of an ornamental manufactory, Wilton enjoyed an unusually privileged Continental training as a sculptor. In 1739 he entered the workshop of Laurent Delvaux in Flanders before learning to carve statuary marble in the Paris studio...