British Birds (Cock Starling, Pair of Wagtails, Cock Bramble Finch, Cock Bullfinch, Cock Beam Bird and Pair of Swifts and a Cock Grasshopper Lark)
Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1736
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
340 x 455 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515475
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British Birds (Cock Starling, Pair of Swifts, Bullfinch, Pair of Grey Wagtails, Meadow Lark and a Pair of Bramblings) by Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744), 1736. 'Labelled on back 'Cock grey wagtail, hen grey wagtail, cock bramble finch, cock bullfinch, cock beam bird, cock starling, cock swift, hen swift, cock grasshopper lark'.
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