The Stray Kitten
Painting
1835 (painted)
1835 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
William Collins (1788-1847) trained in London at the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to become a popular painter of landscapes and rustic genre scenes. He was particularly fond of representing children. The combination of his fine technique and the pathos of the subject in this painting appealed to a wide public, connoisseurs and amateurs alike. This version is a replica of a painting commissioned by a Mr Holden and exhibited in London at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1833. The print subsequently made after this painting was very popular, combining as it does a pretty rural setting with a sentimental subject. An appreciative biography of Collins (published in 1848) was written by his son, the novelist Wilkie Collins.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Stray Kitten (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'The Stray Kitten' by William Collins. Great Britain, 1835. |
| Physical description | Oil on panel entitled 'The Stray Kitten' depicting a group of children and a woman attempting to coax a kitten towards a large bowl of milk. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W Collins 1835' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | William Collins (1788-1847) trained in London at the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to become a popular painter of landscapes and rustic genre scenes. He was particularly fond of representing children. The combination of his fine technique and the pathos of the subject in this painting appealed to a wide public, connoisseurs and amateurs alike. This version is a replica of a painting commissioned by a Mr Holden and exhibited in London at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1833. The print subsequently made after this painting was very popular, combining as it does a pretty rural setting with a sentimental subject. An appreciative biography of Collins (published in 1848) was written by his son, the novelist Wilkie Collins. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 37 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.29[O] |
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| Record created | February 28, 2001 |
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