Thomas Phillips
(1770-1845), Portrait painterSitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 218 portraits
A prolific portrait painter, completing over 700 portraits, Phillips displayed his talent soon after arriving in London in 1790 by exhibiting his first work at the Royal Academy two years later. Moving from history painting to portraits, he was elected to the Royal Academy in 1808 and was Professor of Painting there between 1825 and 1832. He painted a series of contemporary poets. He also produced a number of portraits of men and women of science, considering both to represent the creativity of the Romantic period.
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1799
NPG 103
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1800-1825
NPG 1275
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1802-1803
NPG 1601
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1805
NPG 1298
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1806
NPG 1264
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1806
NPG 249
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1810
NPG 885
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1835, based on a work of 1813
NPG 142
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1815
NPG 5002
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt
by Thomas Phillips
oil on panel, 1815
NPG 4659
by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Thomas Phillips
pencil, before 1850, based on a work of 1815
NPG 4071
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1817
NPG 763
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1820, based on a work of 1819
NPG 2547
attributed to Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1820
NPG 4137
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1826
NPG 2441
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1828
NPG 903
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