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Title
Monument to William Pitt (1708–1778), Earl of Chatham
Date
1766–1768
Medium
limestone ashlar
Measurements
H 8000 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H (?) x W 145 x D 145 cm
Accession number
BS8_PF_S145
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Bristol City Council
Custodian
Bristol City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
08/01/59
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the west face is the full text that Sir William Draper intended to display; it was not inscribed in this form until 1883, 115 years after its composition: VIRO MEMORABILIIN VICTO / QUI IN DUBIIS TREPIDISQ REBUS / PATRIAE LABORANTI / VINDICEM SEIMPAVIDUM OBTULIT / RUENTIS IMPERIISTATOR / CONSILII EXEMPLI SINGULARISAUCTOR / ET AUSUS ET GRANDIA ASSECUTUS / NOMINIS BRITANNICI / REIQ MILITARISGLORIAM / JAM PROPE INTERMORTUAM / RESUSCITAVIT ADAUXIT / QUI ORBEM FEREUNIVERSUM ANIMO COMPLEXUS / HOSTIBUSTERRA MARIQ PROFLIGATIS / EUROPAM ASIAMAFRICAM AMERICAM / VICTORIIS PERAGRAVIT / TRUMPHIS ILLUSTRAVIT / GULIELMO PITTCOMITI DE CHATHAM / HOC AMICITIAEPRIVATAE TESTIMONIUM / SIMUL ET HONORISPUBLICI MONUMENTUM / POSUIT GULIELMUSDRAPER [To a renowned and invincible man who in uncertain and troubled times came forward as the fearless avenger of his afflicted country, the sustainer of a falling empire, the matchless author of wise counsel. He dared and accomplished mighty deeds; the glory of Britain’s name and its military reputation, so far decayed, he resurrected and increased; encompassing almost the whole world in his mind, he overthrew the enemy on land and sea; victoriously he traversed Europe, Asia,Africa, America and brightened them with his triumphs. To William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, William Draper has erected this monument both as a testimony of private friendship and public honour.]; inscribed on the slate panel on the east face is the original dedication, as requested by Pitt, being the last four lines of the longer inscription: GULIELMO PITT COMITI DECHATHAM / HOC AMICITIAE PRIVATAE TESTIMONIUM / SIMUL ET HONORIS PUBLICI MONUMENTUM / POSUIT GULIELMUS DRAPER; on the north face: THE ENTIRE DEDICATION / COMPOSED BY SIR WILLIAM DRAPER / IN 1768 / IS NOW / IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS ORIGINAL INTENTION / INSCRIBED ON THIS MONUMENT / ON ITS REMOVAL HITHER / FROM THE GROUNDS OF MANILLA HALL / 1883. / JOSEPH D WESTON MAYOR.