Samuel Collings (

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

Life

He first appeared as an exhibitor at the

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in 1784, sending ''The Children in the Wood, a Sketch;'' in 1785 he exhibited ''The Chamber of Genius,'' which was engraved by

Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ...

; 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

, and contributed designs, which were etched by Rowlandson for some of his satirical publications, notably the satires on

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and Boswell's '' Tour to the Hebrides'', (published by Elizabeth Jackson in 1786), and on

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

's ''

The Sorrows of Young Werther ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' (; german: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the main novels in the ''Sturm ...

''. The original drawings for the former are in the

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, and have been erroneously attributed to Henry Bunbury. To the '' Wit's Magazine'' for 1784 Collings contributed some designs of a humorous character, which were engraved by

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

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

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, which was engraved by J. Condé; a picture by him, entitled 'The Disinherited Heir,' was published in aquatint by

Francis Jukes Francis Jukes (1745–1812) was a prolific engraver and publisher, chiefly known for his topographical and shipping prints, the majority in aquatint. He worked alongside the great illustrators of the late eighteenth century. He contributed numerous ...

. It is not known when he died.

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 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''

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