British Birds (Pair of Chaffinches, Goldcrest; Woodlark; Kingfisher; Long Tailed Tits; Stonechat and a Wagtail)
Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1736
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
350 x 460 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515471
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British Birds (Pair of Chaffinches, Goldcrest, Woodlark, Kingfisher, pair of Long Tailed Tits, Stonechat, White Wagtail, in a River Landscape) by Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744), 1736. Labelled on back 'Cock white wagtail, hen kingfisher, cock chaffinch, hen chaffinch, cock longtailed titmouse, hen longtailed titmouse, hen woodcock, hen stone cutter, hen golden crowned wren'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744), artist