About this artwork
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artist:Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845) English
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title:Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist
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date created:About 1811
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:99.70 x 76.80 cm; Framed: 107.95 x 85.09 x 3.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Given by the Royal Scottish Academy 1910
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accession number:PG 719
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
