Richard Collins (artist)
English painter (1755–1831)
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Richard Collins (30 January 1755 – 5 August 1831) was an English painter who specialised in portrait miniature.
Life
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Richard Collins was born in Gosport, Hampshire on 30 January 1755. He studied enamel-painting with Jeremiah Meyer. In 1777, Collins exhibited several of his portraits at the Royal Academy.[1]
Collins 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, Collins left London in 1811, and retired at Pershore, Worcestershire, resigning his post in the royal service.[1]
About 1828, however, his 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]
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