painting (oil): ["Portrait of William and Mary Howitt"]

Interior scene, in a wood-panelled room. A double portrait showing, to the left, a standing figure of a man. He holds a small leather-bound volume in his left hand, his right rests on his hip. On the right a seated woman in the act of writing with a quill pen. She sits in an ornate red upholstered chair. She wears a long black dress with white lace collar and cuffs. Label verso: Portait of/ William and Mary Howitt/painted by Margaret Gillies/(given to their daughter, Miss Howitt. April 1897)/The property of Mrs C L Lewes, 6 Cambridge Terrace, Regents Park, NW. 1891with Mrs C L Lewes (lent to New Gallery exhibition that year) 1897 According to label verso given to the Howitt's daughter.