Richard Collins (artist)
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Richard Collins (1755–1831) was a British miniature painter.
Life
[edit]Collins was born at Gosport in Hampshire, on 30 January 1755. He studied enamel-painting with Jeremias Meyer. In 1777, he exhibited some portraits at the Royal Academy.[1]
He shared with Richard Cosway and Samuel Shelley the fashionable sitters of the day, and in 1789, was appointed principal portrait-painter in enamel to George III. He executed some fine miniature portraits of the royal family. Having acquired a comfortable income by his art, he left London in 1811, and retired at Pershore, Worcestershire, resigning his post in the royal service.[1]
About 1828, however, the love of art and culture led Collins to return to London, and he resided in the vicinity of Regent's Park until his death on 5 August 1831.[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1887). "Collins, Richard (1755-1831)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 374.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Collins, Richard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
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- "Richard Collins". RA Collections. Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 23 November 2012.