Samuel Howitt (1765 - 1822)

Samuel Howitt

Samuel Howitt, full name William Samuel Howitt, was a British artist and illustrator.

Howitt was an amateur artist, but a very hardworking and talented one. For the most part, he painted hunting scenes, racing with horses, and depicted wild exotic animals in tropical landscapes. Howitt was also an engraver, creating many plates from his drawings, and a gifted illustrator, decorating several hunting and sporting books and fables with his drawings.