Title

Portrait of Mrs W. Collins, 1826. Creator: Margaret Carpenter.

Caption

Portrait of Mrs W. Collins, 1826. The artist's sister Harriet’s mother-in-law. Margaret Collins was a formidable woman who had opposed Harriet’s marriage to her son. But by 1826, she was living with the couple and her 2-year-old grandson, later, the English writer Wilkie Collins.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A24_303

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,3Mb (1,6Mb) / 13,7in x 16,5in / 4106 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

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