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[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
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