Location

Country: Gibraltar
City: Gibraltar
Place: Governor's Residence, The Convent

London-born engraver James Fittler exhibited two sketches at the Free Society of Artists, aged 17. He studied engraving at the Royal Academy Schools from 21 and exhibited there between 1788 and 1824, becoming an associate in 1800. He was later appointed marine engraver to George III. He contributed to Boydell’s ‘Shakespeare Gallery’ and co-published ‘Views of Weymouth’ (1790-91) and (with Robert Bowyer) an illustrated bible (1795), losing some £1500 in the later venture. He published engravings for John Claude Nattes's ‘Scotia Depicta’ (1804) and made reproductions of Raphael's ‘Cartoons’ (1810). His last published works illustrated Thomas Frognall Dibdin's ‘Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures, at Althorp’ (1822). He died aged 77.

Places

Gibraltar, Spain

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, rock formation, shore, sea, military uniform, sailor (navy), fortification, shipwreck, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Richard Paton (1717 - 1791)
James Fittler (1758 - 1835)

Title

The Brave and Gallant Defence of Gibraltar against the United Forces of Spain and France, the Night of 13-14 September 1782

Date

1 June 1786

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Convent, Gibraltar (Governor's Residence) collection.

Provenance

Presented to the Convent, Gibraltar, by Lt. Col. Valentine Vivian, CMG, DSO, MVO, 1930

GAC number

17901