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William Collins

Also known as: William Collins; primary name: Collins, William
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1788-1847
Biography: Painter and etcher. RA. Son of William Collins (d.1812), picture dealer and author of a memoir of George Morland. Father of Wilkie Collins and Charles Allston Collins (qq.v.); vignette engravings after his drawings were published in W.B. Cooke's 'Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England' 1814-26. Posthumous sale Christie's 31.v.1847.
Bibliography: Wilkie Collins, 'Memoirs of the life of William Collins', London, 1848

279 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1898,1123.40.1-12 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert BowyerAfter:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.10 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1606.B |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1606.A |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1973,1208.83.1-45 |
Producer name: BIOG17703 Drawn by:William Artaud |
Production date: 1791-1822

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.385 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing; letter

Museum number: 1885,0509.1607 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792

drawing; album; letter

Museum number: 1926,1115.25.1-59 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1770-1826

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1847 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0528.142 |
Producer name: Drawn by:W J HardyAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1855

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0406.6 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0406.3 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.3 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1844

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.2 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1845

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1993,0508.1.1-130 |
Producer name: BIOG24690 Drawn by:Edward Dayes |
Production date: 1798-1804

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.5 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1814

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.6 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1814

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.7 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.4 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0406.4 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1821

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0529.8 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0406.5 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Drawn by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

drawing; album

Museum number: 1981,0516.19.1-163 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edwin LandseerDrawn by:Frederick Richard Lee |
Production date: 1819-1885

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1863,0418.570-599 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TaylorAfter:Samuel Shelley |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: River Brent |
Museum number: 1852,0705.125 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:Europe

print

Title: Eton on the Thames |
Museum number: 1850,1014.193 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Thomas Lupton |
Production date: 1823

print; book-illustration

Title: The Fisherman's Departure |
Museum number: 1895,0617.739 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsBlock cut by:George Pike Nicholls |
Production date: 1855-1887

print

Title: The Battle of Neville's Cross |
Museum number: 1849,0721.1710 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1800s

print

Museum number: 1850,0612.751 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 After:William Collins

print; title-page

Museum number: 1944,1014.570 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Keyse SherwinAfter:John Cornish |
Production date: 1766-1790

print

Museum number: 1852,0705.115 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1832-1847

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.118 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1832-1847

print

Museum number: 1852,0705.116 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1832-1847

print

Title: Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1852,0705.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1824

print

Museum number: 1850,1014.163 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

print

Museum number: 1878,1214.672 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1813-1847

print

Museum number: 1862,0524.130 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

print

Museum number: 1849,0210.573 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:William Radclyffe

print; title-page; frontispiece

Museum number: 1852,1116.501-502 |
Producer name: After:Thomas UwinsPrint made by:Andrew Duncan |
Production date: 1800-1850

print

Museum number: 1876,1014.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Percy ThomasAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1875

print

Museum number: 1878,1214.673 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6860 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NeagleAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1797

print

Title: Searching the Net |
Museum number: 1847,0811.3 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Joseph Phelps

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Haunts of the Sea Fowl |
Museum number: 1926,0331.717 |
Producer name: Print made by:James StephensonAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1834

print

Museum number: 1858,1113.29 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:William Miller

print

Museum number: 1858,1113.26 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Robert Brandard

print; book-illustration

Title: The Right Hon.ble Denzel Baron Holles of Ifield |
Museum number: 1913,0331.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon François Ravenet IAfter:Robert White |
Production date: 1752

print

Title: The Stray Kitten |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1839 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Chawner ShentonAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Fisher Boys Coast of Norfolk |
Museum number: 1861,0810.306 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Arthur Willmore

print

Title: Hall Sands Devon |
Museum number: 1850,0612.754 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:George Cooke

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.3586 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: The Stray kitten |
Museum number: 1854,1111.81 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Henry Chawner Shenton

print

Title: Feeding the Rabbits |
Museum number: 1847,0811.9 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:John Linnell

print; book-illustration

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.412 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Fishermen on the Lookout |
Museum number: 1847,0811.5 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Joseph Phelps

print; book-illustration

Title: The Right Hon.ble Denzel Baron Holles of Ifield |
Museum number: P,5.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon François Ravenet IAfter:Robert White |
Production date: 1752

print

Title: The Young Shrimpers |
Museum number: 1861,0810.347 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Arthur Willmore

print

Museum number: 1858,1113.30 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:William Miller

print

Title: Fisher boys on the river Brent Hendon |
Museum number: 1878,1214.670 |
Producer name: Print made by:William CollinsPrint made by:John Linnell |
Production date: 1832-1847

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.117 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1813-1847

print

Museum number: 1852,0705.120 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1803-1847

print

Title: Boys Fishing |
Museum number: 1852,0705.113 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.115 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1832-1847

print

Title: Prawn Fishers. |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4216 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Austen PeriamAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1834

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.7275 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry CollenAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1852

print; title-page

Museum number: 1944,1014.571 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Keyse SherwinAfter:John Cornish |
Production date: 1766-1790

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.110 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1813-1847

print

Museum number: 1852,0705.119 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1813-1847

print

Title: Christ |
Museum number: Q,7.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Britannia |
Museum number: Q,7.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Ralph Willett |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Alfred |
Museum number: 2006,U.3416 |
Producer name: Print made by:James RecordAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Zoroaster |
Museum number: 2006,U.3414 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Mahomet |
Museum number: 2006,U.3415 |
Producer name: Print made by:James RecordAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Painting |
Museum number: 2006,U.3420 |
Producer name: Print made by:James RecordAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Osiris |
Museum number: 2006,U.3418 |
Producer name: Print made by:James RecordAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Otaheite |
Museum number: 2006,U.3427 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print; book-illustration

Title: Britannia |
Museum number: 1853,1210.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Ralph Willett |
Production date: 1785

print; title-page

Museum number: 2006,U.3412 |
Producer name: Print made by:James CaldwallAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Monument to the Memory of Collins in Chichester Cathedral |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1879 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas KingAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:Chichester (West Sussex)

print

Title: Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4097 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1824

print

Museum number: 1850,1014.292 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 After:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1800-1850

print

Title: Monument to the Memory of Collins in Chichester Cathedral |
Museum number: 1922,1116.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:T KingAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:Chichester (West Sussex)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs Susan Huntington |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1161 |
Producer name: Print made by:SwanPublished by:William Collins |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Sidmouth. Devon. Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1850,0211.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1821

print

Title: Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1850,0612.752 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1824

print

Museum number: 1850,0211.405 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Cooke |
Production date: 1821

print

Title: Hall Sands Devon Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1850,0211.404 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1821

print

Title: Hall Sands Devon Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4086 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1821

print

Title: Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Samuel Clarke D.D. |
Museum number: 1878,1109.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:John R Scott (John Scott Junior)Published by:William Collins |
Production date: 1827-1835 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Athens |
Museum number: 2006,U.3429 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:James 'Athenian' Stuart |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Cromer |
Museum number: 1852,0705.114 |
Producer name: BIOG23336 Print made by:William Collins |
Production date: 1816-1847

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Happy as a King |
Museum number: 1931,0213.1366 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:William Dickes |
Production date: 1869

print

Museum number: 1926,0822.4119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: The prawn fishers |
Museum number: 1852,0705.151 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1820-1863

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1868,0822.2892 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RollsAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Title: Young Crab Catchers |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2894 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph PhelpsAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: The prawn fishers |
Museum number: 1849,0210.583 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:William Collins |
Production date: 1840-1847