Samuel Howitt (c.1756-1822)
Samuel Howitt was a self-taught artist and printmaker.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793 and 1794 and then, as Redgrave explains, ‘he went to India and passed many years in Bengal, where he made numerous drawings, particularly of the wild hunting of that country. From these he published 50 engravings in 1801…In 1814-15 he was again an exhibitor at the [Royal] Academy, but only in those two years…His works almost entirely relate to animals and the sports connected with their pursuit.’
Howitt’s work was occasionally reminiscent of that of Thomas Rowlandson. Howitt married Rowlandson’s sister Elizabeth in 1779.
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Collection Trust
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Samuel Howitt was a self-taught artist and printmaker.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793 and 1794 and then, as Redgrave explains, ‘he went to India and passed many years in Bengal, where he made numerous drawings, particularly of the wild hunting of that country. From these he published 50 engravings in 1801…In 1814-15 he was again an exhibitor at the [Royal] Academy, but only in those two years…His works almost entirely relate to animals and the sports connected with their pursuit.’
Howitt’s work was occasionally reminiscent of that of Thomas Rowlandson. Howitt married Rowlandson’s sister Elizabeth in 1779.
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Collection Trust
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
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