Portrait of Quentin Collins

The Portrait of Quentin Collins was rendered by Charles Delaware Tate in the year 1897 and commissioned by Count Andreas Petofi. At the time, Tate was unaware that his canvases often had magical properties, imbued by the power Petofi had given to him. As Quentin Collins was not interested in having his portrait done (painted portraits were a bit passe by then, cabinet cards being the current vogue, but losing popularity to snapshots), the portrait was done from a photograph, augmented by one chance meeting between Collins and Tate at Collinwood, which ended with Tate being forceably removed (804).

During a full moon, the image of Quentin Collins would turn into a werewolf, and miraculously, Quentin would not turn into a werewolf at that time. Furthermore, the portrait began to age instead of Quentin, making him effectively immortal.

The first person to see the painting transform was Charity Trask, although it was a brief occurrence, and Tate did not see it happen.

Decades later, the portrait had been painted over by Tate and renamed "A View of South Wales." In 1970, Dr. Julia Hoffman discovered it was in the possession of someone by the name of Sky Rumson, who turned out to married to Angelique. Angelique agreed to let Julia borrow the painting, who had the landscape removed, revealing what Quentin would look like if he were 100 years old. Julia then used the portrait to help Grant Douglas regain his memory as Quentin Collins.

The portrait was then revealed to exist in 1995, when Barnabas and Julia were inadvertantly transported to the future. The two stumbled upon Quentin, who at the time was mentally insane, but still appeared very young. The portrait was later revealed to be hidden in a room on the second floor of the Old House, where Quentin was seen slashing it. The damange done to the portrait did not seem to have any effect on it.