biographie de Francis A. COLL (1884-?)
Birth place: Center Port, NY
Addresses: Wilmington, DE
Profession: Craftsman, painter, restorer, framemaker
Studied: Graphic Sketch Cl., Phila.; with Frederic Nunn; wood carving with Frederic Harer.
Exhibited: Wilmington Soc. FA.; Phila. A. Cl.; Tricker Gal., 1939
Comments: Designer and maker of hand-carved gold leaf picture frames and ecclesiastical work; restorer of paintings, George Hardcastle & Sons, Wilmington, DE. Executed gold embossing of "Figure of Christ" by N.C. Wyeth (now in Nat. Cathedral, Wash., DC).
Sources: WW59; WW47