James Fittler

James Fittler ARA (October 1758, in London – 2 December 1835) was an English engraver of portraits and landscapes and an illustrator of books.

In April 1778 he enrolled as student at the Royal Academy Schools and studied engraving.

Besides book illustrations, he distinguished himself by numerous works after English and foreign artists, chiefly portraits.

In 1788 he resided at 62 Upper Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place in London.

Among his works are: 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's Ædes Althorpianæ, published in 1822, after which he undertook no important work.