Charles (1680) Collins Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles (1680) Collins Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 05, 2024
CHARLES COLLINS (C. 1694/1704-1744) A Still-Life with Dead Game, Bittern, …
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
CHARLES COLLINS (C. 1694/1704-1744) A Still-Life with Dead Game, Bittern, Snipe, Partridge with a Spinel and a Gun Oil on canvas, 84 x 107cm Signed and dated 1730 Biographical evidence is scarce for Charles Collins, which is disappointing as he is of immense interest as a rare and highly talented, Irish still-life painter known for his ‘meticulously detailed’ works (AAI, Vol. 2, 212). Indeed, Collins is one of the most significant Irish artists to have emerged since the publication of Crookshank and Glin’s ground-breaking work, The Painters of Ireland. Although mentioned by Strickland as working in Ireland, he had fallen into obscurity and, by 1981, when his striking Lobster on a Delft Dish was purchased by the Tate Gallery in London (T03301), the little that was known of his life was confused. Collins has since been reclaimed for the Irish school and is acknowledged as one of the most accomplished artists to have worked here in the early and middle years of the eighteenth century. Collins is specifically referred to as an ‘Irish Master’ in the Dublin Evening Post for 4 May 1786 in connection with the sale of the collection of the doctor, and property developer, Gustavus Hume in which a game still-life was favourably noted: ‘a dead hare, dead birds etc...allowed by the first judges in point of elegance and performance, to be inferior to none’. Seemingly this formed a pendant to another work by the artist showing live fowl. A further still-life was included in the collection of James Digges La Touche that was auctioned in Geminiani’s rooms in Dublin in May 1764, while the Kildares of Carton also owned an example of his art. Collins worked in both oil and watercolour and seems to have been almost exclusively a painter of still-life. Vertue referred to him as a ‘bird painter’, although also noting a self-portrait, while Horace Walpole described him as a painter of ‘all sorts of fowl and game’. Certainly, game predominates in Collins’s oeuvre, as is evident in the present very accomplished work dating from 1730 and a related still-life in the National Gallery of Ireland from the same year. These are among the earliest surviving works by Collins, perhaps suggesting that the later date given for his birth of 1704 is correct. Both this and the NGI picture are very much in the Dutch tradition of seventeenth-century artists such as Jan Weenix, Franz Snyders and Jan Fyt and it has been suggested by Nicola Figgis that Collins may have pursued a period of training in the Low Countries (AAI, Vol. 2, 212). Instead, however, of being stylistically retardataire, here he is working in a manner comparable to his most advanced French contemporaries such as Alexandre-François Desportes and Jean-Baptise Oudry. One comment in a sale catalogue of March 1782 shows the esteem in which he was held – ‘equal to Hondikooter’ [sic] – and within the wider field of British and Irish art, Collins has been lauded, despite the lowly ranking of the genre in which he worked, as being among those artists whose ‘feeling for paint and colour... heralded Reynolds’ Six years after he painted this game still-life Collins embarked on what is perhaps his most famous work, a series of twelve oil paintings of birds in naturalistic settings. Nine of these are now owned by the National Trust at Anglsey Abbey, while three are in an Irish private collection. Also in 1736, Col lins, together with Peter Paillou, embarked on a series of watercolours of British birds and mammals for the collector Taylor White. These sheets have long been admired and many of them are now in collection of McGill University, Montreal. Collins is perhaps the only Irish artist of the period to consistently explore the genre of still-life in oil. It is noteworthy how William Ashford, for example, quickly abandoned still-life for landscape after painting a few, rather naïve, flower pieces early in his career. There was, however, a market for the genre, though not comparable in scale to that for portraiture or landscape, and many still-lives were exhibited at the Society of Artists in Dublin, though often by amateurs. At the same time, still-life flourished in media other than oil, most notably in the art of Samuel Dixon and his Capel Street apprentices such as Daniel O’Keeffe, James Reilly and Gustavus Hamilton. The one other eighteenth-century artist in oil who worked in a manner close to Collins in Dublin was the slightly later Charles Lewis.
Adam's
Mar. 02, 2023
CIRCLE OF CHARLES COLLINS (BRITISH CA. 1680-1744), A STILL LIFE OF A LOBSTER AND A SHRIMP ON A LEDGE
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
CIRCLE OF CHARLES COLLINS (BRITISH CA. 1680-1744)A STILL LIFE OF A LOBSTER AND A SHRIMP ON A LEDGEOil on canvas 40 x 49.5cm (15½ x 19¼ in.)Provenance:The Wodehouse, Wombourne, Staffordshire
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Dec. 08, 2022
Poppies at the foot of a tree with swallows, redstarts and other birds
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Property from a European Private Collection Attributed to Charles Collins circa 1680 - 1744 London Poppies at the foot of a tree with swallows, redstarts and other birds oil on canvas unframed: 128.5 x 103 cm.; 50⅝ x 40½ in. framed: 159 x 136.5 cm.; 62⅝ x 53¾ in. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Oct. 07, 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN C. 1680-1744) Kingfishers, turtle do
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN C. 1680-1744) Kingfishers, turtle doves, and meadow larks in a landscape oil on canvas 22 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. (56.8 x 41.3 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 27, 2022
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape Oil on canvas 61 x 74.3cm (24 x 29 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 05, 2022
CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN 1680-1744 LONDON) Ruddy turnstone pencil and waterc
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN 1680-1744 LONDON) Ruddy turnstone pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour with watermark 'VI' 21 1/4 x 15 in. (54 x 38.1 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 05, 2022
CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN 1680-1744 LONDON) Rose-coloured starling pencil and
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
CHARLES COLLINS (DUBLIN 1680-1744 LONDON) Rose-coloured starling pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on paper with partial watermark 21 x 14 3/4 in. (53.3 x 37.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 17, 2022
A crow; together with a Mallard drake
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Property of a Gentleman Charles Collins Dublin 1680 - 1744 London A crow; together with a Mallard drake both watercolour on laid paper 410 by 313 mm; 354 by 320 mm (2) Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Oct. 26, 2021
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape oil on canvas 61 x 74.3cm (24 x 29 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 26, 2021
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A dead hare and mallard beside of a basket of fruit before a landscape
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Charles Collins (circa 1680-1744 London) A dead hare and mallard beside of a basket of fruit before a landscape signed and dated 'C Collins. fe/ 1742' (lower right) oil on canvas 67 x 126cm (26 3/8 x 49 5/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 15, 2021
CHARLES COLLINS (BRITISH 1680-1744), DEAD GAME, BITTERN, SNIPE, PARTRIDGE WITH SPANIEL AND GUN
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
CHARLES COLLINS (BRITISH 1680-1744)DEAD GAME, BITTERN, SNIPE, PARTRIDGE WITH SPANIEL AND GUNOil on canvas Signed and dated 1739 (lower right)94 x 115cm (37 x 45¼ in.)Provenance:Sale, Christie's, London, 8 June 1995, lot 102
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Feb. 23, 2021
Circle of Charles Collins (British, 1680-1744) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Circle of Charles Collins (British, 1680-1744) A badger and a rabbit in a landscape oil on canvas 61 x 74.3cm (24 x 29 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 04, 2019
Attributed to Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A cockatoo, kingfisher and other exotic birds in a wooded, river landscape oil on canvas 33 x 51 ¼ in. (84 x 130.3 cm.)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Attributed to Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A cockatoo, kingfisher and other exotic birds in a wooded, river landscape oil on canvas 33 x 51 ¼ in. (84 x 130.3 cm.) in a contemporary frame
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2018
Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A woodpecker, a partridge and other birds in a mountainous landscape
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A woodpecker, a partridge and other birds in a mountainous landscape oil on canvas 29 7/8 x 25 ½ in. (75.8 x 65 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 23, 2016
Charles Collins (c. 1680-1744)Still Life with a Basket of Flowers and Two Parrots on StepsOil on canvas, 105 x 80 cmSigned and dated, 1741Charles Collins is an artist emerging from obscurity as more paintings have been discovered or re-attributed
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Charles Collins (c. 1680-1744)Still Life with a Basket of Flowers and Two Parrots on StepsOil on canvas, 105 x 80 cmSigned and dated, 1741Charles Collins is an artist emerging from obscurity as more paintings have been discovered or re-attributed to him. Strickland merely quotes Walpoles reference to him, and the Hume Sale and pays little attention to the picture in the National Gallery. We can now see that he was a decorative artist of ability.
Adam's
Nov. 25, 2015
Charles Collins (1670-1744) - Sill life of two parrots, with a basket of peaches and grapes and a basket of flowers
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1741 lower right 105 x 81 cm. (41 1/2 x 32 3/4 in)
Dreweatts 1759
Jun. 03, 2015
Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A scarlet macaw, helme
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A scarlet macaw, helmeted guineafowl, silver pheasant, and other exotic birds oil on canvas 38 1/8 x 47 ½ in. (96.8 x 120.7 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 21, 2013
Charles Collins, pair of watercolour landscapes of views of 'The Hogs Back',
Est: £200 - £300
Charles Collins, pair of watercolour landscapes of views of 'The Hogs Back', signed, each h:10 w: 14 in.
Ewbank's
Dec. 12, 2012
Charles Collins (c.1680-1744) Two Ring Ouzels
Est: £600 - £800
Charles Collins (c.1680-1744) Two Ring Ouzels Signed and dated 1739 Watercolour and bodycolour 47 x 37cm; 18½ x 14½in
Woolley & Wallis
Dec. 05, 2012
Attributed to Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London)
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
Attributed to Charles Collins (Dublin 1680-1744 London) A cockatoo, kingfisher and other exotic birds in a wooded, river landscape oil on canvas 33 x 51¼ in. (84 x 130.3 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 02, 2011
Attributed to Charles Collins (born circa 1680-1744 London) Grouse
Est: -
Grouse watercolour and gouache 35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 3/4in).
Bonhams
Jun. 21, 2011
Circle of Charles Collins (born circa 1680-1744 London) A spaniel with a dead sparrowhawk, 89 x 126.5cm (35 x 49¾in)
Est: £400 - £600
A spaniel with a dead sparrowhawk, goldfinch and finch, with a flintlock beside a tree, a view to a landscape beyond oil on canvas 89 x 126.5cm (35 x 49¾in)
Bonhams
Mar. 01, 2011
Circle of Charles Collins (born circa 1680-1744 London) A spaniel with a dead sparrowhawk, 89 x 126.5cm (35 x 49¾in)
Est: £800 - £1,200
A spaniel with a dead sparrowhawk, goldfinch and finch, with a flintlock beside a tree, a view to a landscape beyond oil on canvas 89 x 126.5cm (35 x 49¾in)
Bonhams
Jun. 09, 2010
Charles Collins (London c. 1680-1744)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Charles Collins (London c. 1680-1744) Still life of pears, peaches, apples, plums, grapes, hazelnuts, and flowers on a bank signed and dated 'C. Collins. Fec.υtυt 1734' (center right) oil on canvas 25 x 29¾ in. (63.4 x 75.5 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 07, 2008
Charles Collins (British, 1680-1744) A peregrine falcon perched on a stand
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
A peregrine falcon perched on a stand signed and dated 'Charl.Collins pinx 1737' (to stand), watercolour 44 x 33cm (17 5/16 x 13in).
Bonhams
Apr. 22, 2007
Charles Collins (British, circa 1680-1744)
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
A Still Life with Pears, Apples, Grapes, Flowers and Two Parrots signd 'C. Collins Fect' and dated '1741' (lower right) oil on canvas 41 x 31in
Bonhams
May. 17, 2005
CHARLES COLLINS CIRCA 1680 - 1744 EXOTIC PHEASANTS AND OTHER BIRDS
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
signed l.l. Cha. Collins / Fsc.1740 oil on canvas, in an early 18th century carved wood frame CATALOGUE NOTE Although this picture came into the collection at a later date, it shares many of the characteristics of the bird pictures that entered the collection during the first half of the 18th century and which were dispersed in the sales in London in March 1758. George Vertue who visited Easton Neston in the 1730s also made reference to Charles Collins in his notebooks "Charles Collins Bird Painter, lately dead 1744. Painted all sorts of Birds & Game & Fowls.... his manner tolerable free & masterly"
Sotheby's
Sep. 04, 2002
CHARLES COLLINS (C.1684-1744)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
A King Charles Spaniel in a landscape signed 'C. Collins Pinx' (lower left) oil on canvas 15 x 16 in. (38.1 x 40.6 cm.).
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2002
CHARLES COLLINS (C.1680-1744)
Est: $59,600 - $89,400
ORNAMENTAL BIRDS IN A LANDSCAPE, A SET OF THREE ONE SIGNED AND DATED 'CHAR. COLLINS.1736' (LOWER RIGHT) OIL ON CANVAS 14 1/2 X 18 1/4 IN. (36.9 X 46.4 CM.) A SET OF THREE (3) PROVENANCE C.M.T. HAWKINS, 1896; SIR WALTER GILBEY, 1ST BT, CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, REGENT'S PARK; CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, 12 MARCH 1910, LOT 82 (21 GNS. TO VORKINS). ANON SALE; SOTHEBY'S, LONDON, 12TH JULY 1995, LOT 125, (SOLD œ48,000). ENGRAVED J. MYNDE & H. FLETCHER, ICONES AVIUM CUM NOMINIBUS ANGLICIS, 1736, PL. 3, 8, 9. LITERATURE C. JACKSON, BIRD PAINTING: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, SUFFOLK, 1994, P. 52. NOTES THE BIRDS ARE IDENTIFIED BY LABELS ATTACHED TO THE REVERSE OF EACH PICTURE (LISTED IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE ILLUSTRATED, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM) 1. THE COCK TWINGA 2. THE HEN TWINGA 3. THE COCK YELLOW WAGTAIL 4. THE COCK KINGFISHER 5. THE COCK TWITE 6. THE HEN TWITE 7. THE COCK SWALLOW 8. THE HEN SWALLOW 9. THE HEN REDSTART 1. THE COCK HEDGE SPARROW/2. THE HEN HEDGE SPARROW 3. THE COCK NUN TITMOUSE 4. THE HEN NUN TITMOUSE 5. THE HEN MARSH TITMOUSE 6. THE HEN GREEN WOODPECKER 7. THE HEN OXEYE CREEPER 8. THE COCK BUNTING 9. THE HEN STERLING (SIC) 10. THE COCK STONE CHATTER 1. THE COCK WHEATEATER 2. THE HEN WHEATEATER 3. THE COCK REDSTART 4. THE COCK TITLARK 5. THE COCK WRYNECK 6. THE HEN WRYNECK 7. THE COCK WILLOW WREN 8. THE HEN WILLOW WREN 9. THE HEN MAVIS 10. THE COCK BLACK CAP THESE THREE PICTURES FORM PART OF A SET OF TWELVE PAINTINGS OF BIRDS BY CHARLES COLLINS, THE REMAINING NINE OF WHICH ARE AT ANGLESEY ABBEY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. THE PICTURES WERE ALL OF A SIMILAR SIZE AND TOGETHER DEPICTED 58 SPECIES OF FINELY DRAWN AND ACCURATELY OBSERVED BRITISH BIRDS. EACH PICTURE DEPICTED 9 OR 10 BIRDS, OFTEN SHOWN IN PAIRS OF THE SPECIES, WHICH WERE DEPICTED IN ITALIANATE SETTINGS RATHER THAN THEIR NATIVE LANDSCAPES. JAMES MYNDE AND HENRY FLETCHER PRODUCED ETCHINGS OF THE SERIES WHICH PROVED VERY POPULAR WHEN THEY WERE ISSUED IN 1736. IN 1726, THE ARTIST, PETER CASTEELS (1684-1749) COMPLETED A SET OF TWELVE PAINTINGS OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION TO THOSE OF COLLINS AND ALSO ISSUED A SET OF FOLIO PRINTS CALLED ICONES AVIUM. SALESROOM NOTICE PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ESTIMATE ON THIS LOT IS œ40-60,000, AND NOT AS STATED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Christie's
May. 30, 2002
CHARLES COLLINS (C.1684-1744)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
A King Charles Spaniel in a landscape signed 'C. Collins Pinx' (lower left) oil on canvas 15 x 16 in. (38.1 x 40.6 cm.).
Christie's
Dec. 05, 2001
Charles Collins (c.1680-1744)
Est: $8,580 - $11,440
Still life of dead game, with a hare, a duck, a brace of partridge, and other birds, in an ornamental garden signed and dated 'C.Collins. Fecit./1734' (on stone ledge) oil on canvas 351/2 x 28 in. (90.2 x 71.2 cm.) LITERATURE E. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in oils and crayons, Suffolk, 1981, illus. p. 85.
Christie's