'The Auld Man's Meir's Dead'
Howe persisted as an animal painter at a time when portraiture and history painting dominated. He was originally apprenticed to a coach painter in Edinburgh. He visited the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 and painted a Panorama of the battle that was exhibited at the British Institution in 1816. This sketchy scene has a strong sense of narrative in the vein of 17th century Netherlandish painting.
