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Samuel Collings (fl. 1780–1790?) was a British painter and caricaturist of 18th century.

Life[edit]

He first appeared as an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1784, sending The Children in the Wood, a Sketch; in 1785 he exhibited The Chamber of Genius, which was engraved by Thomas Rowlandson; in 1786 The Triumph of Sensibility. He exhibited for the last time in 1789, sending 'The Frost on the Thames, sketched on the spot.'^[1]

Collings is best known, however, as a caricaturist; he was a friend of Thomas Rowlandson, and contributed designs, which were etched by Rowlandson for some of his satirical publications, notably the satires on Johnson and Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides, (published by Elizabeth Jackson in 1786), and on Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. The original drawings for the former are in the South Kensington Museum, and have been erroneously attributed to Henry Bunbury.^[1]

To the Wit's Magazine for 1784 Collings contributed some designs of a humorous character, which were engraved by William Blake and others. To the same magazine he contributed verses, and seems to have been as productive with his pen as with his pencil. He painted a portrait of Lord Thurlow, which was engraved by J. Condé; a picture by him, entitled 'The Disinherited Heir,' was published in aquatint by Francis Jukes. It is not known when he died.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

May-Day in London
The Discomfited Duellists
Tythe in Kind; or the Sow's Revenge (The Wit's Magazine Vol I Feb 1784)
The Blind Beggars Hats
The Downfall of Taste and Genius

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cust 1887.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1887). "Collings, Samuel". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Links[edit]

"May-Day in London". British Museum.
"The Discomfited Duellists". Fitzwilliam Museum. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
"The Discomfited Duellists". National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
"William Blake's World: "A New Heaven Is Begun"". Morgan Library and Museum.

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-[[File:William Blake Samuel Collings, May-Day in London, 1784.jpg|thumb|300px|right| ''[[May Day]] in [[London]]'', engraving by [[William Blake]] based on art by Samuel Collings, The Wits Magazine Vol I May 1784]]
+{{for|the British actor|Samuel Collings (actor)}}
-'''Samuel Collings''' (fl. 1780–1790?), British painter and caricaturist of 18th century.
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
+[[File:Samuel Collings - Self-portrait.jpg|thumb|Self-portrait by Samuel Collings, circa 1789]]
+'''Samuel Collings''' ([[floruit|fl.]] 1780–1790?) was a British painter and caricaturist of 18th century.
-Collings exhibited "The Children in the Wood, a Sketch" at the Royal Academy in 1784, and then 85 he exhibited "The Chamber of Genius" which was engraved. He worked for [[Thomas Rowlandson]], producing illustrations for his satirical publications including the satires on Johnson and Boswell's tour to the Hebrides, and on [[Goethe]]'s 'Sorrows of Werter.'
+==Life==
-His name is mostly associated with [[William Blake]] who produced in 1784 four engravings after his drawings for [[The Wit's Magazine]].
+[[File:William Blake Samuel Collings, May-Day in London, 1784.jpg|thumb|right| ''[[May Day]] in [[London]]'', engraving by [[William Blake]] based on art by Samuel Collings, The Wits Magazine Vol I May 1784]]
+He first appeared as an exhibitor at the [[Royal Academy]] in 1784, sending ''The Children in the Wood, a Sketch;'' in 1785 he exhibited ''The Chamber of Genius,'' which was engraved by [[Thomas Rowlandson]]; in 1786 ''The Triumph of Sensibility.''
+He exhibited for the last time in 1789, sending 'The Frost on the Thames, sketched on the spot.'{{sfn|Cust|1887}}
+Collings is best known, however, as a caricaturist; he was a friend of [[Thomas Rowlandson]], and contributed designs, which were etched by Rowlandson for some of his satirical publications, notably the satires on [[Samuel Johnson|Johnson]] and [[James Boswell|Boswell]]'s  ''[[The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides|Tour to the Hebrides]]'', (published by [[Elizabeth Jackson (publisher)|Elizabeth Jackson]] in 1786), and on [[Goethe]]'s ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]''.
+The original drawings for the former are in the [[South Kensington Museum]], and have been erroneously attributed to [[Henry Bunbury (caricaturist)|Henry Bunbury]].{{sfn|Cust|1887}}
+To the ''[[The Wit's Magazine|Wit's Magazine]]'' for 1784 Collings contributed some designs of a humorous character, which were engraved by [[William Blake]] and others.
+To the same magazine he contributed verses, and seems to have been as productive with his pen as with his pencil.
+He painted a portrait of [[Lord Thurlow]], which was engraved by J. Condé; a picture by him, entitled 'The Disinherited Heir,' was published in aquatint by [[Francis Jukes]].
+It is not known when he died.{{sfn|Cust|1887}}
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-{{commons|Category:William Blake's engravings after Samuel Collings}}
-* [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1424114&partId=1&people=128811&peoA=128811-1-2&page=1 British Museum]
-* [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/pdp/opac/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=31802&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10 Fitzwilliam Museum]
-* [https://artsy.net/artist/william-blake-after-samuel-collings  National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.]
-* [http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/blake/work.asp?id=onDisplay&page=73 Morgan Library and Museum]
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 William Blake Samuel Collings, May-Day in London, 1784.jpg|May-Day in London
 William Blake Samuel Collings, The Discomfited Duellists, 1784.jpg|The Discomfited Duellists
-Blake for The Wit's Magazine - 1784.jpg|Tythe in Kind or The Sow's (The Wit's Magazine Vol I Feb 1784)
+Blake for The Wit's Magazine - 1784.jpg|Tythe in Kind; or the Sow's Revenge (The Wit's Magazine Vol I Feb 1784)
 The Blind Beggars Hats Blake after Collings The Wits Magazine Vol I April 1784.jpg|The Blind Beggars Hats
+Downfall of taste.JPG|''The Downfall of Taste and Genius''
 </gallery>
-{{stub}}
+==References==
-[[Category:British artists]]
+{{reflist}}
-[[Category:People associated with William Blake‎]]
+;Attribution
+{{DNB|wstitle=Collings, Samuel|first=Lionel Henry|last=Cust|volume=11}}
+==Links==
+{{Commons category|Samuel Collings}}
+* {{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1424114&partId=1&people=128811&peoA=128811-1-2&page=1|publisher=British Museum|title=May-Day in London}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/pdp/opac/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=31802&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10|publisher=Fitzwilliam Museum|title=The Discomfited Duellists|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141135/http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/pdp/opac/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=31802&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10|archivedate=2014-07-14}}
+* {{cite web|url=https://artsy.net/artwork/william-blake-after-samuel-collings-the-discomfited-duellists#!|publisher=National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.|title=The Discomfited Duellists}}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/blake/work.asp?id=onDisplay&page=73|publisher=Morgan Library and Museum|title=William Blake's World: "A New Heaven Is Begun"}}
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-COLLINGS, SAMUEL (fl. 1780–1790?), painter and caricaturist, first appears as an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1784, sending 'The Children in the Wood, a Sketch;' in 1785 he exhibited 'The Chamber of Genius,' which was engraved; in 1786 'The Triumph of Sensibility.' He exhibited for the last time in 1789, sending 'The Frost on the Thames, sketched on the spot.' Collings is best known, however, as a caricaturist; he was a friend of Thomas Rowlandson, and contributed designs, which were etched by Rowlandson for some of his satirical publications, notably the satires on Johnson and Boswell's tour to the Hebrides, and on Goethe's 'Sorrows of Werter.' The original drawings for the former are in the South Kensington Museum, and have been erroneously attributed to Bunbury. To the ' Wit's Magazine ' for 1784 Collings contributed some designs of a humorous character, which were engraved by William Blake and others. To the same magazine he contributed verses, and seems to have been as productive with his pen as with his pencil. He painted a portrait of Lord Thurlow, which was engraved by J. Condé; a picture by him, entitled ' The Disinherited Heir,' was published in aquatint by F. Jukes. It is not known when he died.
+[[Category:19th-century British painters]]
-[Redgrave's Dict. of English Artists; Graves's Dict. of Artists, 1760-1880; Wit's Magazine, 1784; Grego's Rowlandson the Caricaturist; Royal Academy Catalogues; Anderdon Collection, in Print Room, British Museum.]
+[[Category:British caricaturists]]
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