Young Anglers is an 1820 oil painting by the British artist William Collins.Diploma and Other Pictures from the Collections of the Royal Academy. Arts Council, 1961. p.11Grant p.296 It features a depiction in rural England, where two boys on the bank of a river in a village are happily fishing. Such nostalgic, Romantic views were common in the work of Collins.Wood,Newall, & Richardson p.77
When Collins was elected as a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1820 he presented this as his diploma work.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/young-anglers-148658 It remains in the collection of the Royal Academy today.https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/young-anglers The theme of boys fishing or collecting shrimps or prawns recurred in his work such as Shrimp Boys at Cromer or Prawn Fishing. The same year a mezzotint Boys Fishing was produced by the engraver Francis James Collins was produced based on Collins' work.https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/boys-fishing-1
References
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