English landscape and genre painter (1788-1847)

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Four children play on a five-bar gate in a woodland, one child has fallen to the ground. Lithograph after W. Collins.

Four boys ride on a five-bar gate in a woodland. Engraving by C. Cousen after W. Collins.

A group of children are playing on a gate in a woodland. Engraving by C. Cousen after W. Collins.

A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.

A Kentish rat-catcher. Photomezzotint after a drawing by W. Collins.

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey: Founder's Day dinner, coat of arms, important school plaques and people. Wood engraving by W. Collins, 1883.

Five children play on a five-bar gate with a woodland in the background: one of the children is happy to be sitting hands-free on the top of the gate as it swings open. Process print after W. Collins.

Three young children are leaning on a five-bar gate on a wooded road with a cottage nearby. Engraving by C. Cousen after W. Collins.

Three boys are fishing in rock pools with a large net. Engraving by J.T. Willmore after W. Collins.

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William Collins

Images from the collections

Images by William Collins

Works from the collections

Five children play on a five-bar gate with a woodland in the background: one of the children is happy to be sitting hands-free on the top of the gate as it swings open. Process print after W. Collins.

Four children play on a five-bar gate in a woodland, one child has fallen to the ground. Lithograph after W. Collins.

A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey: Founder's Day dinner, coat of arms, important school plaques and people. Wood engraving by W. Collins, 1883.

Three boys are fishing in rock pools with a large net. Engraving by J.T. Willmore after W. Collins.