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