British Birds: Great Grey Shrike; Goldfinch; Coal Tit; a Pair of Crossbills; a Pair of Yellowhammers and a Pair of Reed Buntings
Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1736
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
350 x 455 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515473
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British birds: Great grey shrike, Goldfinch, Coal tit, pair of crossbills, pair of yellowhammers, pair of reed buntings by Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744), 1736. Labelled on back 'Cock crossbill, hen crossbill, cock and hen yellowhammer, cock road sparrow, hen road sparrow, cock goldfinch, cock colemouse, cock butcher bird'.
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), publisher