Samuel John Carter


Samuel John Carter was a British artist and illustrator.
M.F.H, by Samuel John Carter

Life

Carter was based in London and Swaffham, Norfolk. He was an animal painter, working for the Illustrated London News in that field from 1867 to 1889. He also worked as a portrait painter, in his Norfolk locale. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy, he drew positive comment from John Ruskin.
Carter married Martha Joyce of Swaffham, and they had 11 children: ten sons, and one daughter. Howard Carter was their youngest child.

Work

Record price for this artist at auction is $9,465 USD for The King of the Castle, sold at Sotheby's Olympia in 2005.