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![[William Herschel.]](jpegs/57843.jpg)
[William Herschel.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in March 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in March 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Younger.]](jpegs/57858.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10½") very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), after an oil by John Hoppner, now in Cowdray Park. However this mezzotint is likely taken from a copy made in Hoppner's studio to satisfy a considerable demand, now owned by the Tate but on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG L267.
[Ref: 57858] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10½") very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), after an oil by John Hoppner, now in Cowdray Park. However this mezzotint is likely taken from a copy made in Hoppner's studio to satisfy a considerable demand, now owned by the Tate but on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG L267.
[Ref: 57858] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Some Etchings of Poynters Hall Totteridge, Herts., and the vicinity done in the year 1926 by S.M. Litten for Cecil Harmsworth. Damson Hiull, Totteridge. The Windmill at Barnet Gate. Totteridge Church, Herts. The Orange Tree Inn, Totteridge. The Pond on the Common, Totteridge. The Lily Pond, Totteridge. Poynters Halol from the South. The Clock Tower, Poynters Hall. Poynters Hall, Totteridge, Herts. Poynters Hall from the Common {set of 10 including the Frontis}.
Etched illustrated title page including list of plates, 300 x 175mm (11¾ x 7"), and ten drypoint etchings complete as list, eight each c.195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9¾"), two each c.170 x 295mm (6¾ x 11½"); captioned in pencil, unsigned. Wonderfully fresh impressions.
Attractive set of etched views at Poynters Hall, home of Geraldine Harmsworth, nee Maffett, wife of Alfred Harmsworth, 1839-1925.
Dedicated to Cecil Harmsworth (1898 - 1978), newspaper proprietor, by the artist Sidney Mackenzie Litten (1887 - 1934), pupil of Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art before going on to become Senior Master at St Martin's School of Art.
Guichard: pg.47, not mentioned.
[Ref: 16682] £490.00 view all images for this item
Etched illustrated title page including list of plates, 300 x 175mm (11¾ x 7"), and ten drypoint etchings complete as list, eight each c.195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9¾"), two each c.170 x 295mm (6¾ x 11½"); captioned in pencil, unsigned. Wonderfully fresh impressions.
Attractive set of etched views at Poynters Hall, home of Geraldine Harmsworth, nee Maffett, wife of Alfred Harmsworth, 1839-1925.
Dedicated to Cecil Harmsworth (1898 - 1978), newspaper proprietor, by the artist Sidney Mackenzie Litten (1887 - 1934), pupil of Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art before going on to become Senior Master at St Martin's School of Art.
Guichard: pg.47, not mentioned.
[Ref: 16682] £490.00 view all images for this item
![[George Stephenson.]](jpegs/57860.jpg)
[George Stephenson.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½") very large margins.
Seated portrait of engineer George Stephenson, the inventor of the first steam locomotive, after Henry William Pickersgill, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 410.
[Ref: 57860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright. 1922.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½") very large margins.
Seated portrait of engineer George Stephenson, the inventor of the first steam locomotive, after Henry William Pickersgill, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 410.
[Ref: 57860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venetian Steps]](jpegs/62594.jpg)
[Venetian Steps]
SM Litten [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching signed by the artist, 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"), on blue tinged paper with very large margins. Creases in corner of left margin.
A view of some steps in Venice with a gondola approaching. Sydney MacKenzie Litten (British 1887-1949) was a British etcher and engraver who was apupil of Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art before going on to become Senior Master at St Martin's School of Art.
[Ref: 62594] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
SM Litten [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching signed by the artist, 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"), on blue tinged paper with very large margins. Creases in corner of left margin.
A view of some steps in Venice with a gondola approaching. Sydney MacKenzie Litten (British 1887-1949) was a British etcher and engraver who was apupil of Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art before going on to become Senior Master at St Martin's School of Art.
[Ref: 62594] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Watt.]](jpegs/57847.jpg)
[James Watt.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 335 x 270mm (13¼ x 10¾"), large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine in 1776 was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. The original oil, painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda in 1779, in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 186a).
[Ref: 57847] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 335 x 270mm (13¼ x 10¾"), large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine in 1776 was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. The original oil, painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda in 1779, in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 186a).
[Ref: 57847] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)