Live Auction 6006Christie's Interiors
Charles Allston Collins (1828-1873)
Lot 328

Charles Allston Collins (1828-1873)

A cry for help

Closed1 May 2012

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GBP 1,125

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Charles Allston Collins (1828-1873)
A cry for help
inscribed and signed 'Idolo del mio cuor [sic.]/Nume adorato/C.A.C.' (lower left)
watercolour with gum arabic, on paper laid down on canvas
14¾ x 11½ in. (37.5 x 29.3 cm.)

Specialist note

Charles Allston Collins was the son of the artist William Collins, R.A., and brother of the author Wilkie Collins. He was part of the circle surrounding the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and his style was heavily influenced by their work. From the 1850s he turned increasingly to writing, and in 1860 he married Charles Dickens's daughter Kate.