John Phillip
(1817-1867), Portrait and subject painterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 5 portraits
John Phillip was a Scottish painter. He was a shoemaker's son and was apprenticed to a house painter. At the same time he was taught by a local portrait painter. In 1834 he stowed away on a brig and visited the Royal Academy Schools in London. In 1836 on the strength of a history painting, he was financed by William Ramsay Maule, Lord Panmure, to leave home and attend the Royal Academy Schools. In London he joined a group of young English artists calling themselves The Clique, who met for sketching and mutual criticism.
attributed to John Phillip
oil on canvas
NPG 3335
attributed to Sir Daniel Macnee
watercolour, gouache and oil
NPG 2446
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(145)
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P80
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 22 June 1861
NPG Ax54532
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1867
NPG Ax14813
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1867
NPG Ax28957
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1867
NPG Ax17259
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1867
NPG x197544
by James Brownlee Hunter, after David Wilkie Wynfield
mezzotint, (1860s)
NPG D40192
by Vincent Brooks, after John Ballantyne
chromolithograph, 1860s
NPG D7650
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