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Collins, Charles Allston 1828-73
English painter

The second son of the artist William Collins and brother of Wilkie Collins, he began by painting pictures in the Pre-Raphaelite style and in 1860 married the younger daughter of Charles Dickens. Turning his attention to literature, he produced The Eye-witness essays (1860), two novels, and other works.