WILLIAM COLLINS (1788-1847), BRITISH SHRIMPERS HASTENING HOME, 1846 Oil on Robertson & Co. stamped British panel; signed and dated 1846 lower left 15 ins x 11.75 ins; 38.1 cms x 29.8 cms Provenance: Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 1 Dec. 2010, Lot 34; Estate of W.A. Ross MacFadden, Toronto Note: From an early age, William Collins was an informal pupil of George Morland, one of Mr. Ross MacFadden’s favourite artists. In 1822, Collins married Harriet Geddes, the sister of the portrait painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter (see lots 42 and 46 from an Estate Collection in Montreal, PQ). Estimate: $1,000—1,500