Family Child
Charles Allston Collins
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2623883 · wikidata
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William Collins
1788-09-08 – 1847-02-17
Life & Legacy
William Collins (8 September 1788, London – 17 February 1847, London) was an English landscape and genre painter. His sentimental paintings of poor people enjoying nature became a posthumous high fashion, notably in the 1870s when his market price rose higher than Constable (Cromer Sands, £3780, 1872) and stayed so until 1894. Turner, his model, far exceeded him in value (The Grand Canal, Venice, sold to Vanderbilt in 1885 for £20,000).
Occupation & Career
painter, etcher, artist, landscape painter
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
Royal Academy of Arts
Verified Legacy Record
Family Child
Wilkie Collins
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2623883 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Harriet Geddes
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2623883 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q2623883 — wikidata View source
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