Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767
The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767
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The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The colossus. The verse below reads: 'Why man he doth bestride this narrow world/Like a Colossus; and we petty ministers/walk under his huge legs, and peep about/To find ourselves posts, peerages and pensions. Shakespeare'

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