WILLIAM HUGGINS | TWO PUMAS IN A LANDSCAPE

In the collection of the Master of Kinnaird;

With Ackerman & Johnson;

From whom acquired in 1966 by Mary Lou Cashman, Illinois. 

London, The Lowndes Lodge Gallery, William Huggins of Liverpool, 23 November – 9 December 1966, no. 39.

"Somewhere between George Stubbs and Jacques Laurent Agasse, Huggins’ paintings capture the nineteenth-century fascination with exotic animals and the romance of Britain’s global trade network. Depictions of pumas are particularly unusual in European art from this period, and this is exactly what you would expect from the Rafael Valls gallery – something a bit different, a bit quirky, possibly by an artist you haven’t heard of before – but so much more interesting for it."

Julian Gascoigne

William Huggins was an English artist who specialised in drawing animals and is known for his brilliance of colour. A member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts, he enjoyed the close company of animals and has been compared to his fellow Liverpool artist, George Stubbs.