A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Charles Collins
A golden eagle
Auction Closed
July 7, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Charles Collins
Dublin 1680 - 1744 London
A golden eagle
Watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper;
signed lower left: Cha.r Collins. Fect. 1738. 9
375 by 525 mm
by descent to the present owner
Charles Collins was born in Dublin to unknown parentage. At some point he moved to London, whereupon he proceeded to established himself as a specialist animal and still-life painter. He painted both large compositional pictures in oil, and single species portraits in watercolour and bodycolour. A highly gifted artist, he possessed the ability to bring his subjects to life and, as the group presented for sale in this series of auctions demonstrates, his eye for detail and sense of colour were remarkable. Examples of his work are held in the British Museum, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Ireland and at McGill University, Montreal.