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James Collinson

1825

WA-00070547

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WikidataQ340108

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%

About

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James Collinson was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. Collinson was known for the paintings,The Renunciation of St Elizabeth of Hungary, To Let and For Sale. Engaged at one time to the poet Christina Rossetti, their broken engagement also influenced many of her poems.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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TateCity of Westminster

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Artworks (17)

The Holy Family

1878 · oil paint

Landscape with a Windmill, St Malo, France

1877 · oil paint

Too Hot, from "Illustrated London News"

1863 · Color wood engraving

Sheet: 21 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (55 × 38 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Too hot

1863 · paper

The Sisters (Painting)

The Empty Purse (replica of ‘For Sale’)

1857 · oil paint

support: 610 x 492 mm frame: 766 x 655 x 70 mm

support: 827 x 1155 mm frame: 1039 x 1361 x 106 mm

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Temptation

1855

Answering the Emigrant's Letter

1850 · oil paint

Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance

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17 published of 18 catalogued · 17 with image

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52 entries · 2 sources

The Empty Purse (replica of ‘For Sale’)
1857 · Tate · 6 prov
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Home Again
1856 · Tate · 6 prov
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Answering the Emigrant's Letter
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Landscape with a Windmill, St Malo, France
1877 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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At the Bazaar
1857 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A Son of the Soil
1856 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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For Sale
1857 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Landlady
1856 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Holy Family
1878 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Sisters (Painting)
1860 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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