In 1846 Collins's "Early Morning" was exhibited. Ruskin commented, "I have never seen the oppression of sunlight in a clear, lurid, rainy atmosphere more perfectly or faithfully rendered, and the various portions of reflected and scattered light are all studied with equal truth and solemn feeling." Collins also produced some watercolours such as "The Rat-catcher", "Landing Fish", "A Street in Naples" and "Kentish Peasant Girls", and did several etchings, most of which were given to the British Museum by Mrs. Collins, along with engravings of his best works.