Career
He first appeared as an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1784, sending "The Children in the Wood, a Sketch;" in 1785 he exhibited "The Chamber of Genius," which was engraved. In 1786 "The Triumph of Sensibility." He exhibited for the last time in 1789, sending "The Frost on the Thames, sketched on the spot."
To the Wit"s Magazine for 1784 Collings contributed some designs of a humorous character, which were engraved by William Blake 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 Lord Thurlow, which was engraved by J. Condé.
A picture by him, entitled "The Disinherited Heir," was published in aquatint by F. Jukes. lieutenant is not known when he died.
