William Collins Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
The Reluctant Departure, 1815
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Monument to Jacob Bosanquet
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK
National Museums Liverpool, UK
Returning from the Haunts of the Seafowl
Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Huntington Library, California
The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral, UK
The Walters Art Museum, Maryland
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
William Collins in the Art Renewal Center
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German) 
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Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, UK
Archive of past displayed works which are "sold" or "not for sale"
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on William Collins 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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