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John Collins||| John Collins (1725?–1759?), landscape painter, was from an early age patronised by the aristocracy. At the expense of the Duke of Ancaster, the Marquis of Exeter, and others, he travelled in Italy and studied his art there. On his return to England he painted scenes for one of the principal theatres in London. He died of an infectious fever at a silversmith's in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, about 1758 or 1759. He was aged between thirty and forty, and left a wife and two children. The best known of his works are a set of landscape views from Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata'. They are painted in a truly romantic style, and have a fine scenic effect. They were engraved by Paul Sandby, E. Rooker, P. C. Canot, and others, and published by his widow. ^{[DNB 1][DNB 2][1]}

References

1. [[Template:Cite DNB|vb=yes|author=Template:DNB LC|title=Collins, John (1725?-1759?) (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography|volume=11|pages=0|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Collins,_John_(1725?-1759?)_(DNB00)]]

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. Gentlemen's Magazine liv. (1784), 741
2. Redgrave's Dictionary of English Artists.

External links

Collins, John (1725?-1759?) (DNB00)|Collins, John (1725?-1759?)

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