Richard Collins

Lugar: Gosport In Hampshire

Nascido: 1755

Morte: 1831

Biografia:

Richard Collins (1755–1831) was a British miniature painter. He was born at Gosport in Hampshire, on 30 January 1755. He studied enamel-painting with Jeremias Meyer. In 1777, he exhibited some portraits at the Royal Academy. He shared with Richard Cosway and Samuel Shelley the fashionable sitters of the day, and in 1789, was appointed principal painter in enamel to King George III. He died in London on 28 November 1831.