James Howe (painter)

James Howe (1780–1836) was a Scottish animal and portrait painter.

After attending the parish school Howe was apprenticed to a housepainter at Edinburgh, but employed his time in painting panoramic exhibitions, devoting himself especially to animals.

Howe obtained a great reputation for his skill in drawing horses and cattle and was employed in drawing portraits of well-known animals for a series of illustrations of British domestic animals, published by the Highland Society of Scotland to stimulate breeding.

He was also commissioned by Sir John Sinclair to draw examples of various breeds of cattle.

In 1815 he visited the field of Waterloo, and painted a picture of the battle, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1816.