Stray Rabbits
Oil Painting
1857 (painted)
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 | |
| Title | Stray 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 |
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| 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 created | December 15, 1999 |
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