Samuel Howitt

Two, each signed l.l.and l.r., each inscribed l.c.: F. Concolr./life and F. Ocelot.of.Albany./Life, watercolour over pencil

Each approx. 25 x 17.5 cm.; 9 ¾ x 6 7/8 inches

The artist was self-taught and specialised in drawings of animals and field sports.

From a wealthy Quaker family, Howitt took up art professionally when he encountered financial difficulties and became a drawing master in Ealing.

He married Thomas Rowlandson's sister Elizabeth in 1779 and was part of Rowlandson's circle together with George Morland, Henry Wigstead and J.R. Smith.