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John Collet

Also known as: John Collet; primary name: Collet, John; other name: Collett, John
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: c. 1725-1780
Biography: Painter of genre low-life subjects; b. London; d. London 1780; studied St. Martin's Lane Academy and was pupil of Lambert; exhibited FS 1761-80 and posthumously 1783; popularized by engravings by John Goldar; according to Alexander, Collet's output falls into three periods: in the late 1760s, a number of his designs were engraved by Goldar and others for Thomas Bradford of Fleet Street; 1768-73, prints after his work were jointly published by Robert Sayer and John Smith, and from 1774-76 by Sayer and Bennett; 1777-81, mezzotints after his designs published by Carington Bowles.
Bibliography: David Alexander, "Prints after John Collet: their publishing history and a chronological checklist", Eighteenth-Century Life (pub. College of William and Mary), XXVI.1, Winter 2002, pp.136-146 (offprint in BM)

183 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John ColletFormerly attributed to:John Wootton |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0919.19 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 Drawn by:John Collet |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.25 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 Drawn by:John Collet |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.27 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 Drawn by:John Collet |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0814.961 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John ColletFormerly attributed to:John Wootton |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing

Museum number: G,6.161 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1770-1810

print; satirical print

Title: The Female Bruisers |
Museum number: 1869,0213.1 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:John Goldar |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Kitty Coaxer driving Lord Dupe, towards Rotten Row |
Museum number: 1935,0522.2.77 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,0213.480 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:James Caldwall |
Production date: 1765-1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Triple Plea |
Museum number: 1877,0210.44 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1775-1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Macarony taking his Morning Ride in Rotten-Row H Le Francois a Londres. |
Museum number: J,5.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Country Choristers |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1314 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Morning Frolic, or the Transmutation of Sexes |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3029 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1948,1208.15 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:William Byrne |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Bachelor's Fare - or Bread and Cheese with Kisses |
Museum number: 2010,7081.819 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Grown Ladies taught to Dance |
Museum number: J,5.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Martin RennoldsonAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Female Fox Hunter |
Museum number: 1935,0522.2.37 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Grown Ladies taught to Dance |
Museum number: 1869,0213.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Martin RennoldsonAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Sudden Explosion in Fording the Brook |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1326 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1868,1212.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Butler ClowesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Pretty Bar-Maid |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2043 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Pleasures of Skaiting - or, a View in Winter |
Museum number: 1935,0522.2.75 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Discovery |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1316 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Reynard's Last Shift |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6582 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Harris the YoungerAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1806-1873

print

Title: The Rival Maids |
Museum number: 1867,0309.549 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HeinsAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1760-1770

print; satirical print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2155 |
Producer name: Published by:Bowles & CarverAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777

print; satirical print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2064 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: The Pretty Waterwoman, or Admiral Purblind just run aground by Peggy Pullaway |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.110 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Farrier turned Tooth Drawer |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1786 |
Producer name: Published by:Bowles & CarverAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Female Orators |
Museum number: 1869,0213.11 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:Martin Rennoldson |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Bachelor's Fare - or Bread and Cheese with Kisses |
Museum number: 1948,0214.473 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Rival Milleners |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1450 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1778-1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1878,0713.1306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Butler ClowesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Summer |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2133 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Sudden Explosion in Fording the Brook |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2132 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Recruiting Serjeant |
Museum number: 1869,0213.3 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:John Goldar |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Fielding's myrmidons spoiling Bob Booty's morning draught |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1048 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Unlucky Attempt |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1315 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Deceitful Kisses, or Pretty Plunderers |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1719 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Country-Man in London |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander BannermanAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Female Fox Hunter |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1785 |
Producer name: Published by:Bowles & CarverAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger. Miss Trigger you see is an excellent shot, And forty five notches Miss |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.111 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Canonical Beau, or Mars in the Dumps |
Museum number: 1954,1103.397 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; popular print

Title: The Unfortunate Discovery |
Museum number: 2011,7084.15 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Pleasures of Skaiting - or, a View in Winter |
Museum number: 1924,0712.116 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Rising Woman and the Falling Man |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3186 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.7 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2004 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Miss Tipapin going for all nine |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3017 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The City Chanters |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4775 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel OkeyAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1771

print; satirical print

Title: The Pretty Waterwoman, or Admiral Purblind just run aground by Peggy Pullaway |
Museum number: 1877,1013.883 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Macarony taking his Morning Ride in Rotten-Row Hyde-Park |
Museum number: 1858,1009.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Ladies Shooting Poney. |
Museum number: 1981,U.472 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Pleasures of Skaiting - or, a View in Winter |
Museum number: 1931,1114.272 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Refusal |
Museum number: 1869,0213.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Bachelors Fare or Bread and Cheese with Kisses |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1639 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Grown Gentlemen taught to Dance |
Museum number: 1892,0714.725 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Miss Tipapin going for all nine |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1966 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Reynard's Last Shift |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3185 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Courtship Modern Love |
Museum number: 1859,0709.673 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:John Goldar |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Englishman in Paris |
Museum number: 1861,1012.362 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Sailor's Present - or, The Jealous Clown |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.57 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,0213.482 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1765-1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Friar Bald-Pate's Absolution to his Fair Penitent |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1826 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Feather'd Fair in a Fright |
Museum number: 1935,0522.2.36 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Morning Frolic, or the Transmutation of Sexes |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1968 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Soft Tumble after a hard ride |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.226 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Good Entertainment for Man and Horse |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1318 |
Producer name: Print made by:S SparrowAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Troops Fording a Brook |
Museum number: 1872,0511.145 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Church Militant |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1693 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Triple Plea |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.89 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Victim |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.199 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Kitty Coaxer driving Lord Dupe, towards Rotten Row |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1207 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Frenchman in London. Le Francois a Londres. |
Museum number: 1948,0315.3.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WhiteAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Church Militant |
Museum number: 2010,7081.883 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Pretty Bar Maid |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.180 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise |
Museum number: 2010,7081.909 |
Producer name: Published by:Sayer & BennettAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The sudden explosion in fording the brook |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.23 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1860,0211.160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert PrankerAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1763-1765 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Victim |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1408 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1780

print; popular print; satirical print

Title: Out of place and unpension'd |
Museum number: 1948,0214.851 |
Producer name: Published by:William Davison of AlnwickAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1812-1817 |
Production place: Published in:Alnwick

print; satirical print

Title: In Place - ha! ha! hah! |
Museum number: 1869,0213.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1769

print; satirical print

Title: Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement |
Museum number: 1871,0812.5253 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779

print; satirical print

Title: Out of Place and Unpension'd |
Museum number: 1869,0213.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1769

print

Title: The Rival Maids |
Museum number: 2010,7081.347 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HeinsAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1760-1770

print

Title: Frederick the Fifth King of Denmark |
Museum number: 1902,1011.439 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurfordAfter:Magnus Gustav Arbien |
Production date: 1746

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1847,0710.15 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 After:John Collet |
Production date: 1740-1770

print; satirical print

Title: The Unfortunate Discovery |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1393 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777

print; satirical print

Title: Fielding's myrmidons spoiling Bob Booty's morning draught |
Museum number: 1868,0612.1211 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: The Church Militant |
Museum number: 2010,7081.882 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 After:John Collet |
Production date: 1779

print; satirical print

Title: The Amorous Thief - or, The Lover's Larceny |
Museum number: 1935,0522.1.8 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: January and May |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Amorous Thief or, The Lover's Larceny |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1615 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: An Holland Smock to be run for, by any Woman born in this COunty: |The best Woman in three Heats |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1319 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1948,1208.13 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPrint made by:Samuel Smith |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Ladies Shooting Poney. |
Museum number: 1935,0522.2.73 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Triple Plea |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2160 |
Producer name: Published by:Carington BowlesAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The Feather'd Fair in a Fright |
Museum number: 1875,0814.2463 |
Producer name: After:John ColletPublished by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Ladies Disaster |
Museum number: 1859,1008.336 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: High Life Below Stairs |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1313 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:John Collet |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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