British Birds: Nuthatch; Gold Crest; Greenfinches; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Robins; Redpoll; Skylark
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 515476
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, British birds: Nuthatch, Gold Crest, pair of Greenfinches, Great Spotted Woodpecker, pair of Robins, Red Poll, Skylark, by Charles Collins (c.1680 - London 1744). Labelled on back 'Hen skylark, cock red p..., cock greenfinch, hen greenfinch, cock robin second brood, hen robin, cock long and spotted woodpecker, cock nuthatch, cock 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), publisher