Thomas Phillips
Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist
About this artwork
-
title:Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist
-
accession number:PG 719
-
artist:
-
depicted:
-
gallery:
-
object type:
-
subject:
-
materials:Oil on canvas
-
date created:About 1811
-
measurements:99.70 x 76.80 cm (framed: 107.95 x 85.09 x 3.50 cm)
-
credit line:Given by the Royal Scottish Academy 1910
-
photographer:Antonia Reeve
Thomas Phillips
Thomas Phillips
The English portrait painter Thomas Phillips is best known for his portrayals of ‘men of genius’. After his apprenticeship with a Birmingham glass engraver, Phillips moved to London in 1790 where he enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools. Despite his initial preference for history painting, he soon realised that portraiture…
