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HOW HUD lad showed a talent for drawing, which he improved by a journey through Holland to Italy, in the suite of the Earl of Pembroke, in 1697. He returned home in 1700, and after passing some years in Dublin, settled in England, and practised portrait painting; but his friends obtaining for him the office of keeper of the State Papers and paymaster of the Royal Palaces, he abandoned the professional practice of his art, and amused himself by making a collection of books, prints, and medals. He died in Pall Mall, March 17, 1737, and was buried at Richmond. He bequeathed his collection to his brother, the Bishop of Elphin, whose eldest son was created Baron Clonmore and Earl of Wicklow. There are one or two etchings by him. His collection of prints and drawings was sold in 1853 and produced nearly 5000l., but a very important selection had been previously made for the British Museum, and a considerable portion was retained and sold subsequently.

HOWARD, engraver. Practised in the latter half of the 17th century. There is a set of sea-views, with shipping, by him, dated 1665. His works, though very inferior in merit, are in Hollar's manner.

HOWES, miniature and enamel painter. First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1772, and continued a contributor of portraits for several years. In 1780 he exhibited 'The Death of Lucretia,' an enamel, and occasionally a classic subject in the same material, 'Cleopatra sailing down the Cydnus,' 1789; 'Imogen discovered in the Cave,' 1790; and in 1793, 'Venus attended by the Graces,' his last exhibited work.

HOWISON,, engraver. Born at Edinburgh in 1798. He was educated at Heriot's Hospital and apprenticed to an engraver. He worked in comparative obscurity for many years after the termination of his apprenticeship. He first gained notice by his plate of 'The Curlers,' after Harvey, R.S.A. He then undertook 'The Polish Exiles,' after Sir William Allan, followed by the 'Covenanters Communion,' after Harvey, works which gave him a reputation. He was elected an associate of the Scottish Academy. He died at Edinburgh, December 20, 1850.

HOWITT, animal painter. Born about 1765. He was self-taught in art, but there is little record of his early life. He first exhibited at the Spring Gardens' Rooms in 1783, and at the Royal Academy in 1793, 'Jaques and the Deer' and 'A Fox Hunt;' and in the following year, 'Smugglers Alarmed.' His name then disappears as an exhibitor. 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; 'The British Sportsman,' 70 coloured plates, 1812; in 1814, his groups of animals in illustration of Æsop's 'Fables,' and 'Foreign Field Sports,' 100 plates; in 1827, 'British Preserves,' 36 plates, etched by himself from his own drawings. In 1814-15 he was again an exhibitor at the Academy, but only in these two years. He died suddenly, in Somers Town, in 1822. His drawing was marked by spirit and character; his etchings are carefully finished and truthful. His works almost entirely relate to animals and the sports connected with their pursuit.

HOWLETT,, engraver and draftsman. He was born at Louth, and came to London, where he was apprenticed to Heath. He was much employed in topographical and antiquarian works. He engraved, in 1805, a selection of views in Lincolnshire, a work of some note, and was engaged on Wilkinson's 'Londina Illustrata,' Bentham's 'Ely,' Frost's 'Notices of Hull,' and other works. In 1817 he commenced a topographical account of Clapham, for which he had made the drawings, but only one number was published. He left a series of drawings of the church of St. Katharine, near the Tower, which he had completed, and above 1,000 finished drawings from the seals of the monastic and religious houses in his kingdom. His latter days were embittered by pecuniary distress. He died at Newington, December 18, 1827, aged 60.

HOWSE. G., water-colour painter. He painted landscape, views of towns, and coast scenes. He was from 1837 a member of the Institute of Water-Colour Painters, and a large contributor to their exhibitions. He died about the end of the year 1860.

HUDSON,, portrait painter. Born in Devonshire in 1701. He was the pupil of Richardson, and became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists. He drew the face well, and his unaffected representations pleased the gentry of his time, but he had little ability to paint more than the face, the rest was left to the drapery man. He lived for many years, in Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and, succeeding Jervas, became the fashionable portrait painter of his day, and was the first English painter who gained that distinction. He was soon, however, eclipsed by Reynolds, who had been his pupil, and he retired contentedly to Twickenham. Celebrated in his own day, scant justice has been done him in the present. He is only spoken of as the master of Reynolds. His first wife was the daughter of Richardson, who had been his teacher; and towards the close of his life he married a second time, a lady of good fortune. There is a portrait Rh