Charles Collins

c.1680–1744

Charles Collins, ‘Lobster on a Delft Dish’ 1738
Lobster on a Delft Dish 1738
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Biography

Charles Collins (c. 1680 – 1744) was an Irish painter.

Born in Dublin, Collins was primarily a painter of animals and still life. He was one of the first still life artists in Britain of great quality, following the tradition of arranged breakfasts, still lifes or cabinets of curiosities, where items of high value and ostentation were painted. He died in London in 1744.

Nine of his set of 12 original oil paintings, Icones avium cum nominibus anglicis are held by Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire.

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Artworks

Charles Collins, ‘Lobster on a Delft Dish’ 1738

Charles Collins Lobster on a Delft Dish

1738
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