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Chlidonias niger
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Charles Collins Fect. 1737;
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CA RBD MSG BW002-815
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1737
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- Collins, Charles
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1 watercolour painting ; 56 x 39 cm + 1 leaf
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(1680-1744)
Biographical history
Charles Collins was an Irish painter, known for his portraits of animals and still-lifes. He achieved success in England painting exotic birds, game, dogs and dead game still-lifes. He was the painter for Robert Furber’s ‘Twelve Months of Fruit’ (1732). In 1736 he published in collaboration with John Lee a set of 12 large engravings, coloured by hand, of British birds in landscape and garden settings, entitled Icones avium cum nominibus anglicis. He then came to the attention of Taylor White, who engaged him to paint birds from his and others’ collections until 1743. Collins died in 1744, when he was described as ‘Bird Painter to the Royal Society.’
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Drawing of a Black Tern from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North America, the Northern coast of South America, Europe, the coast of Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East].
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Manuscript note on front of drawing: Charles Collins Fect. 1737;
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Manuscript note on back of drawing: [Sketch of specimen foot]
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Scientific name: Chlidonias niger
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With manuscript text on accompanying leaf.
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Birds Volume 14, Painting 46
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