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Samuel Howitt

English, 1756-1822
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Samuel Howitt was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes. He worked in both oils and watercolors.

Howitt was a member of an old Nottinghamshire Quaker family. In early life he lived at Chigwell, near Epping Forest, Essex, was financially independent and devoted himself to field sports. However he ran into financial difficulties and was obliged to turn to art as a profession - which up until then he had engaged in as a talented amateur.

Coming to London, he was for a time a drawing master at Samuel Goodenough's school in Ealing. In 1783, he exhibited 3 coloured drawings of hunting subjects with the Incorporated Society of Artists. From time to time he continued to exhibit there and at the Royal Academy, beginning in 1784 with a hunting piece, followed in 1785 by two landscapes - "A view of the ruins of an abbey" and "Fairlop Oak". In 1793 he showed "Jaques and the Deer" and "A Fox Hunt"; in 1794, "Smugglers alarmed"; in 1800, two pictures titled "Deer"; in 1814 "Dead game"; and in 1815, "Bella, horrida Bella". He probably exhibited so little because he was in such demand as a commercial illustrator.

Howitt worked both in oils and water-colours, for the most part confining himself to sporting subjects and illustrations of natural history, which were carefully executed, spirited and truthful. These, as Howitt represented in his New Work of Animals, were “drawn from the life" and published so as to "assist the pencil of the designer who has not had an opportunity to pay the same attention to this branch of the art”. However, notes in one sketchbook containing watercolours of apes and monkeys indicate that, while some there certainly were viewed in private menageries, others were studies of stuffed specimens from William Bullock’s museum and the British Museum.

Howitt was closely associated in his art with Thomas Rowlandson, whose sister he married, and his works did, at one time, often pass for those of his brother-in-law; but, unlike Rowlandson, he was a practical sportsman, and his scenes were more accurately composed. He was a clever and industrious etcher, and published a great number of plates similar in character to his drawings, and delicately executed with a fine needle. He also produced a number of caricatures in the manner of Rowlandson.

Howitt was particularly noted for the illustrations in (Captain) Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports (1807), based on sketches made by the author in India . He also illustrated several other works: Thoughts on Hunting (London: D. Bremner, 1798), Other publications included Miscellaneous Etchings of Animals (50 plates, 1803); British Field Sports (20 coloured plates, 1807); The Angler's Manual (12 plates, 1808); A New Work of Animals (100 plates, 1811); Groups of Animals (24 plates, 1811); The British Sportsman (70 plates, 1812); Foreign Field Sports (110 plates, 1819).

In 1822 Howitt died in Somers Town, London, and was buried in St. Pancras cemetery.

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Leopards at Play Among Fallen Trees and Rocks

Leopards at Play Among Fallen Trees and Rocks (ca. 1807)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Lion and Lioness Attacking a Steer

Lion and Lioness Attacking a Steer

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Lion Attacking a Stag

Lion Attacking a Stag

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Llama

Llama

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Nine Foxes Gathered Around a Tree; an Illustration of Aesop’s Fable, ‘The Fox who Lost His Tail’

Nine Foxes Gathered Around a Tree; an Illustration of Aesop’s Fable, ‘The Fox who Lost His Tail’

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
North American Lynx

North American Lynx (ca. 1817)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Polecat

Polecat (ca. 1817)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Russian Camel

Russian Camel

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Scops Owl

Scops Owl

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Stag, Doe and Fawns

Stag, Doe and Fawns

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Study of a Vampire Bat

Study of a Vampire Bat

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
The Bear and the Bee-Hives

The Bear and the Bee-Hives

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
The Canada Lynx from the Life

The Canada Lynx from the Life (ca. 1817)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
The Dog and the Wolf

The Dog and the Wolf

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
The Mischievous Dog

The Mischievous Dog

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Two Hounds Attacking a Stag at Bay

Two Hounds Attacking a Stag at Bay

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Two Huskies

Two Huskies (ca. 1817)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
Two Hyenas

Two Hyenas (ca. 1817)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Animals
A Coach and Four Passing Through Chippenham, Wiltshire

A Coach and Four Passing Through Chippenham, Wiltshire

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
A Park Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep

A Park Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep (1793)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
A Seascape

A Seascape

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Country Folk with a Child, Beside a River

Country Folk with a Child, Beside a River

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Horses and Wagon Outside a Cottage

Horses and Wagon Outside a Cottage

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Rider Leading a Second Horse, Leaving the Grounds of a Country House

Rider Leading a Second Horse, Leaving the Grounds of a Country House

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Riders Outside an Inn

Riders Outside an Inn

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Snipe Shooting.

Snipe Shooting.

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
The Stone Gatherers

The Stone Gatherers

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
The Toll-house with a Coach Crossing the Bridge

The Toll-house with a Coach Crossing the Bridge

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
The Village Inn

The Village Inn (1798)

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
Valley Landscape with Sheep

Valley Landscape with Sheep

Samuel Howitt (English, 1756-1822)
Landscape
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