Harry Hambro Howe was a marine artist who was born in Buckfield, Maine on August 16, 1886.  Howe came from a family of artists.  Both his grandfather, H. Howe, and his father, Captain T. Bailey Howe, were artists.  T. Bailey Howe taught his son, Harry, how to paint.  T. Bailey Howe was master of the Nantucket whaler, the Isabella.  Harry H. Howe spent most of his life on the New England coast.  Apparently a prolific artist, he painted landscapes, seascapes, marine paintings, and still lifes.  He died in Ann Arbor, MI on April 20, 1966.