COLLINS ON

James ( son of Mr. Collins on of Mans field, Notts. bookseller ). b. Mans field about 1825; ed. at Royal Academy school; exhibited a picture called ‘The charity boy’s début’ at the R.A. 1847; one of the original 7 brothers of the Pre-Raphae lite brotherhood; contributed a devotional poem in blank verse entitled The Child Jesus to the Pre-Raphae lite periodical The Germ 1850; lived in seclusion at Stony hurst 1851–4; fellow of Society of British Artists. d. of pneumonia at 16 Paulet road, Camber well, London 24 Jany. 1881. Fraser’s Mag. May 1882 pp. 568–80.