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Thomas Phillips
Biography
Thomas Phillips was born in Dudley, Warwickshire and initially trained as a glass painter before moving to London, aged 20, with a letter of introduction to the painter Benjamin West.
6 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1814
Thomas Phillips
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2011
Ellen Stirling, c. 1828
Thomas Phillips
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2008
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, 1812
N Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips
Portrait, line engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
Sir Joseph Banks, 1840s
C E. Wagstaff after Thomas Phillips
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
Captain Sir John Franklin, Kt, KCH, KRG, DCL, FRS & c. Commander of the Arctic Expedition, 1845, c. 1847
an unknown artist, D Bogue after Thomas Phillips
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst, 1810
Henry Meyer after Thomas Phillips
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
E. Phillips Fox
Biography
Between 1887 and 1892 Emanuel Phillips Fox studied and painted in France and England.
1 portrait in the collection
Erin Phillips OAM
Biography
Erin Phillips OAM (b. 1985), elite athlete, played professional basketball for fifteen years before becoming the stand-out player of the AFLW's first five seasons.
1 portrait in the collection
Ina Gregory, c. 1895
E. Phillips Fox
Portrait, conté crayon and charcoal on paper
Purchased 2012
Untitled, 2016
by Emma Phillips
Image
Transition: Nikki & Nick, 2011
by Emma Phillips
Image
Exposed: Voyeurism Surveillance and the camera since 1870
Magazine article by Sandra Phillips, 2010
The Tate/SFMOMA exhibition Exposed examined the role of photography in voyeurism and how it challenges ideas of privacy and propriety.
Activating the space
Magazine article by Sandra Phillips, 2020
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.
Charlie's angles
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2017
Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.
Erin Phillips OAM, 2022
Alex Frayne
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2022