About Ebenezer Colls
Lived 1812 – 1887 (aged 74–75). Ebenezer Colls was a painter.
Ebenezer Colls (Horstead, Norfolk, 1812 – Hampstead, 1887) was an English marine painter. He was inspired to paint after his pet English Cocker Spaniel, Cooper, swam out into the English Channel and was picked up by a merchant vessel.
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Who was Ebenezer Colls?
painter
When was Ebenezer Colls born?
Ebenezer Colls was born in 1812 in Horstead.
When did Ebenezer Colls die?
Ebenezer Colls died in 1887 in Hampstead.
What was Ebenezer Colls's occupation?
Ebenezer Colls was a painter.
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