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James Fittler (October 1758, in 
* naval battles, after Mark Oates,
Scotia Depicta, or the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns and picturesque scenery of Scotland
1804 at National Library of Scotland
Collection of prints
at National Portrait Gallery, London {{DEFAULTSORT:Fittler, James 1758 births 1835 deaths 18th-century engravers 19th-century engravers English engravers Artists from London Associates of the Royal Academy
London
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– 2 December 1835) was an English engraver of portraits and landscapes and an illustrator of books. He was appointed by King George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
to be his marine engraver.
Life
Fittler was born in London in October 1758. In April 1778 he enrolled as student at theRoyal Academy Schools
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
and studied engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...
. Besides book illustrations, he distinguished himself by numerous works after English and foreign artists, chiefly portraits. He also engraved landscapes, marine subjects, and topographical views, and was appointed marine engraver to George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
. In 1788 he resided at 62 Upper Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place in London.
Fittler was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1800. He died at Turnham Green
Turnham Green is a public park on Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London, and the neighbourhood and conservation area around it; historically, it was one of the four medieval villages in the Chiswick area, the others being Old Chiswick, Little S ...
, and was buried in Chiswick churchyard. His prints, books, and copper-plates were sold at Sotheby's
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on 14–16 July 1825.
Works
Fittler exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1776 and 1824. Among his works are: * two views ofWindsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.
The original c ...
, after George Robertson;
* a view of Christ Church Great Gate, Oxford, after William Delamotte;
* ''The Cutting of the Corvette la Chevrette from the Bay of Camaret, on the night of 21 July 1801'', ''Lord Howe's Victory'', and ''The Battle of the Nile'', after Philip James de Loutherbourg;
* naval battles, after Mark Oates, Thomas Luny
Thomas Luny (1759–1837), born in Cornwall, probably at St Ewe, was an English artist and painter, mostly of seascapes and other marine-based works.
At the age of eleven, Luny left Cornwall to live in London. There he became the apprentice of ...
, and Dominic Serres
Dominic Serres (1722–1793), also known as Dominic Serres the Elder, was a French-born painter strongly associated with the English school of painting, and with paintings with a naval or marine theme. Such were his connections with the Engli ...
;
* a classical landscape after Claude Lorraine
Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in It ...
;
* the portrait of Ercole Tasso known as ''Titian's Schoolmaster'', after Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni ( – 5 February 1579) was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance period. He also is called Giambattista Moroni. Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, he is conside ...
;
* portrait of Lord Grenville, after Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips Royal Academy, RA (18 October 177020 April 1845) was a leading English Portrait painting, portrait and subject Painting, painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explo ...
;
* portrait of Frodsham Hodson
Frodsham Hodson (1770–1822) was an English churchman and academic, the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1809.
Life
He was the son of the Rev. George Hodson, and was born in Liverpool, England, on 7 June 1770. He entered Manchest ...
, after Phillips;
* Pope Innocent X
Pope Innocent X ( la, Innocentius X; it, Innocenzo X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death in Januar ...
, after Velasquez.
* views, landscapes and buildings of Scotland in ''Scotia Depicta''
He also executed the plates for Edward Forster's ''British Gallery'', many of those for John Bell's ''British Theatre'', and all the illustrations in Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (177618 November 1847) was an English bibliographer, born in Calcutta to Thomas Dibdin, the sailor brother of the composer Charles Dibdin.
Dibdin was orphaned at a young age. His father died in 1778 while returning to En ...
's ''Ædes Althorpianæ'', published in 1822, after which he undertook no important work.
References
External links
* Engravings in the digitised copy oScotia Depicta, or the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns and picturesque scenery of Scotland
1804 at National Library of Scotland
Collection of prints
at National Portrait Gallery, London {{DEFAULTSORT:Fittler, James 1758 births 1835 deaths 18th-century engravers 19th-century engravers English engravers Artists from London Associates of the Royal Academy