THOMAS

See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• THOMAS PHILLIPS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

PHILLIPS (1770-1845)  , English portrait and subject painter, was born at Dudley in Warwickshire on the 18th of October 1770 . Having acquired the art of glass-painting at Birmingham he visited London in 1790 with an introduction to Benjamin West, who found him employment on the windows in St George's Chapel at Windsor . In 1792 Phillips painted a view of Windsor Castle, and in the next two years he exhibited the " Death of Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, at the Battle of Castillon," " Ruth and Naomi," " Elijah re-storing the Widow's Son," " Cupid disarmed by Euphrosyne," and other pictures . After 1796, however, he mainly con-fined himself to portrait-painting . It was not long before he became the chosen painter of men of genius and talent, notwithstanding the rivalry of Hoppner, Owen, Jackson and Lawrence; and he left behind portraits of nearly all the illus-trious characters of his day . In 1804 he was elected associate and in 18o8 member of the Royal Academy . In 1824 Phillips succeeded Fuseli as professor of painting to the Royal Academy, an office which he held till 1832 . During this period he de-livered ten Lectures on the History and Principles of Painting, which were published in 1833 . He died on the loth of Aprii 1845 .