British Birds: Cock Redwing; Hen Redwing; Cock Winchat; Hen Winchat; Cock Aberderine; Cock Small Spotted Woodpecker; Hen Small Spotted Woodpecker; Cock Davis
Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1736
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
350 x 450 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515472
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British Birds: a Pair of Redwing, Pair of Whinchats, Pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Mistle Thrush (Mavis), and an Unidentified Pair (possibly a Pair of Siskin (Aberdevine), with Church Tower in distance, by Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744), 1736. Labelled on back 'Cock redwing, hen redwing, cock winchat, hen winchat, cock aberdevine, cock small spotted woodpecker, hen small spotted woodpecker, cock Davis'.
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