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Numismatics
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Subject: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, British, 1708–1778
Engraver: Thomas Pingo, British, 1714–1776
Medal of William Pitt
1766
Silver
34.49 g, 12:00, 40 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871, Collection
2001.87.10
Geography:
Made in England
Status:
Culture:
British
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 229, no. 516.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
