Benefit of Mr. Kite print & Stephen Hawking's Time Travel poster

Welcome to Kite. We create fascinating, exclusive art prints in open and limited editions

Starting with our famous reproduction of John Lennon’s Victorian circus poster that inspired The Beatles’ Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!, we go to extraordinary lengths to produce beautiful, museum-quality art that lasts a lifetime.

From our studio in London, England we ship prints all over the world and the people who buy our work love what we make.

Prints

Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite – Limited edition print – Unframed

Limited Edition 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' Letterpress Print from £220.00

Stephen Hawkings Time Travel Experiment poster, open edition

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation: Open Edition £39.00

Stephen Hawkings Time Travel Experiment poster, silver on black

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation: Limited Edition Print (black) Sold Out

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers invitation print on handmade paper

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation: Limited Edition Print (handmade paper) Sold Out

Britain of Stamps – limited edition by Rob Hallifax

Britain of Stamps: Limited Edition £150.00

Vintage Mashups Print: The Monkey Tribe – on white

The Monkey Tribe: A 'Vintage Mashups' Open Edition Print £49.00

Vintage Mashups Print: Stupendous Collection of Turnip Seeds – full bleed

Stupendous Collection of Turnip Seeds: A 'Vintage Mashups' Open Edition Print £49.00

Vintage Mashups Print: Elephant Needed at Once – slate, full bleed

Elephant Needed at Once: A 'Vintage Mashups' Open Edition Print £49.00

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite: A Limited Edition Print

In 1967 John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote a song called Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! for the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!. The inspiration – and many of the lyrics – came from a letterpress-printed circus poster from 1843 that Lennon had bought in an antiques shop.

We have lovingly recreated that poster, using antique wooden and metal type as well as specially-commissioned wood engravings. Every print is hand-pulled on a Victorian press and individually numbered.

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Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation

Professor Stephen Hawking devised an ingeniously simple experiment to determine whether time travel into the past was possible. The success of the experiment entirely depends on his invitation being seen by time travellers.

To tie in with this experiment, and with Professor Hawking's approval, we have created this poster printed in two letterpress limited editions and an open edition. It was meticulously assembled using antique wooden and metal type. Purchasing this print may help to prove that time travel is possible!

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A Piece of History

July 05, 2017

Our 'Mr Kite' print can now be seen hanging in Liverpool's award-winning Beatles Story museum, the worlds largest permanent exhibition purely devoted to the lives and themes of the Beatles.

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Stephen Hawking displays our print in his office

June 29, 2017

Shortly after receiving approval to create our Time Travellers Invitation print from Professor Hawking himself, we had the privilege to meet him and present him with his own copy.

being for the benefit of mr kite competition liverpool prize

The winner of our Liverpool Echo competition

June 16, 2017

The Liverpool Echo ran an exciting competition for the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album release and the prize was our very own world famous Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite print.