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Stray Rabbits

Oil Painting
1857 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Robert Collinson (1832- after 1890) was a student at the Government School of Design, Manchester. He first exhibited at the Royal Institution, Manchester in 1851. From 1866 to 1875 he taught at the Government School of Design, South Kensington and in 1881 was elected member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. This particular painting is the first of 31 he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1858 and 1890. The close observation of detail and high-key colours reflect Pre-Raphaelite painting of the 1850's. He does not seem to have been related to the Pre-Raphaelite painter James Collinson.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleStray Rabbits
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard
Brief description
Oil painting on millboard, 'Stray Rabbits', Robert Collinson, 1857
Physical description
A white and black rabbit appear in the central foreground in a grassy glade of a woodland setting.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 38.1cm
  • Estimate width: 48.2cm
  • Framed height: 58.5cm
  • Framed width: 69cm
  • Framed depth: 8.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Marks and inscriptions
Robt. Collinson 1857 (signed and dated)
Object history
Purchased, 1863
Subjects depicted
Summary
Robert Collinson (1832- after 1890) was a student at the Government School of Design, Manchester. He first exhibited at the Royal Institution, Manchester in 1851. From 1866 to 1875 he taught at the Government School of Design, South Kensington and in 1881 was elected member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. This particular painting is the first of 31 he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1858 and 1890. The close observation of detail and high-key colours reflect Pre-Raphaelite painting of the 1850's. He does not seem to have been related to the Pre-Raphaelite painter James Collinson.
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 40
Collection
Accession number
9100-1863

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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