View of the South and West Fronts of Clumber House, Nottinghamshire

Another view of Clumber House shows the south and west fronts in this landscape from around 1818 at the University of Nottingham. Collins's multiple perspectives on the estate provide what amounts to a painted survey, documenting the relationship between the house and its designed landscape from every significant viewpoint. Such comprehensive commissions required the artist to balance the documentary needs of the patron with aesthetic considerations.

The viewpoint is chosen to display both the south and west facades simultaneously, with the angle carefully calculated to present the architecture advantageously. Collins uses the natural features of the park—specimen trees, lawns, perhaps a lake—to create a composed landscape around the architectural subject. The handling balances topographic accuracy with painterly atmosphere.