A brilliant parliamentary orator and prominent Whig statesman during the Seven Years War (1754-63), Pitt was also the father of Britain's youngest ever Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806). Wilton, who was London-based from 1755, was appointed sculptor to George III in 1761 and became a founder-member of the Royal Academy in 1768. The style of this bust reflects Wilton's immersion in the study and commercial copying of antique sculpture.

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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)