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Sir Thomas Phillipps

Also known as: Sir Thomas Phillipps; primary name: Phillipps, Thomas
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1792-1872
Biography: Collector of books and manuscripts. While his collecting focus was on manuscripts (he amassed a staggering 60,000 of them) he did, seemingly on one occasion, buy Old Masters at the sale of the collection of Thomas Lawrence (q.v.) by Samuel Woodburn (q.v.) in 1860; where he bought 186 lots of Lawrence drawings and 56 lots of Woodburn drawings totalling roughly 1800 drawings. These are a very mixed bag as Phillipps' bids for the more expensive single items led to his acquiring works that are now generally little regarded, while he fared much better in large mixed lots which contained drawings of real quality. In 1946 almost all his drawings came to the British Museum (donated by Count Antoine Seilern and the NACF) via Phillipps's grandson and heir, Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick (q.v.). Popham compiled a catalogue of Phillipps's most interesting drawings (roughly 1250) in 1935 at the request of Fenwick. After a series of major sales, the residue of the collection was bought in the same year by the London antiquarian booksellers Lionel and Philip Robinson; after they had held further sales at Sotheby's, most of the remainder of the collection was acquired by the New York dealers H. P. Kraus in 1977. Phillipps was a patron of John Glover and George Catlin (qq.v.)
Bibliography: A.E.Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart, FRS, now in the possession of his grandson T.Fitzroy Fenwick,' 1935 DNB

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architectural drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.33.a |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1490-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1202 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Arthur Benoni EvansAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.148 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1142 |
Producer name: BIOG41290 Circle/School of:Pierre Antoine Patel |
Production date: 1663-1707

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1286 |
Producer name: BIOG48505 Drawn by:Alessandro Tiarini |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.261 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Baccio BandinelliAfter:Donatello |
Production date: 1515

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.885 |
Producer name: BIOG37272 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Mariotti |
Production date: 1700-1765

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1381 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.815 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Raffaello Vanni |
Production date: 1650-1700

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1499 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.246 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Drawn by:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1555

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.252 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Drawn by:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.19 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1525-1545

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.260 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.251 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1333 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.258 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.263 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1520-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.974 |
Producer name: BIOG23663 Attributed to:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1577-1638

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1501 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1254 |
Producer name: BIOG22076 After:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.144 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1014 |
Producer name: BIOG45090 Drawn by:Roelant Savery |
Production date: 1591-1639

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.667 |
Producer name: BIOG19073 Drawn by:Stefano della Bella |
Production date: 1625-1664

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.631 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 Circle/School of:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1503-1534

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.955 |
Producer name: BIOG19275 Drawn by:Nicolaes Berchem |
Production date: 1635-1683

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.299 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1133 |
Producer name: BIOG34418 Drawn by:Raymond La Fage |
Production date: 1656-1684

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1367 |
Producer name: BIOG34797 Drawn by:Bernardino Lanino |
Production date: 1525-1583

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.444.a |
Producer name: BIOG18961 Drawn by:Girolamo Bedoli |
Production date: 1515-1569

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.472 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 After:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1515-1543

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.835 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Palma GiovaneFormerly attributed to:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1559-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.336 |
Producer name: BIOG32773 Drawn by:Jacone |
Production date: 1533-1553

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1099 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1097 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.39 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Drawn by:Lelio Orsi |
Production date: 1526-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.617 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan SoensFormerly attributed to:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1594

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1423 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 After:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1515-1543

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1495 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1503 |
Producer name: BIOG29010 Drawn by:Lodovico Gimignani |
Production date: 1669

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0208.31 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1352 |
Producer name: BIOG22056 Circle/School of:Girolamo da Carpi |
Production date: 1550-1600

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.560 |
Producer name: BIOG48897 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Trotti |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.540 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Drawn by:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1570-1630

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.50 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.798 |
Producer name: BIOG44078 Ascribed to:Giovanni Francesco Romanelli |
Production date: 1625-1662

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.169 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Willem DrostFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650-1655

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.737 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1156 |
Producer name: BIOG39728 Drawn by:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1660-1662

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.86 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.340 |
Producer name: BIOG27201 Drawn by:Ambrogio Giovanni Figino |
Production date: 1563-1608

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1012 |
Producer name: BIOG44730 Drawn by:Herman Saftleven |
Production date: 1624-1685

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1422 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.174 |
Producer name: BIOG46686 Drawn by:Frans Snyders |
Production date: 1630-1657

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.152 |
Producer name: BIOG25496 Drawn by:Lambert Doomer |
Production date: 1663

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.657 |
Producer name: BIOG18094 Ascribed to:Sisto Badalocchio |
Production date: 1596-1647

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1563 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1482 |
Producer name: BIOG42093 Drawn by:Domenico Piola |
Production date: 1642-1703

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1464 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Attributed to:Lelio Orsi |
Production date: 1526-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.11 |
Producer name: BIOG46231 Drawn by:Luca Signorelli |
Production date: 1490-1500

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.21 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1028 |
Producer name: BIOG49202 Drawn by:Jan den Uyl |
Production date: 1610-1640

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.129 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1357 |
Producer name: BIOG22073 Circle/School of:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1575-1609

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.157 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1386 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.865 |
Producer name: BIOG35980 Drawn by:Bartolomeo Litterini |
Production date: 1690-1745

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.426 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1616

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.54 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1390 |
Producer name: BIOG23708 After:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 1611-1669

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.154 |
Producer name: BIOG26215 Drawn by:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1652

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.989 |
Producer name: BIOG31956 Attributed to:Abraham Hondius |
Production date: 1640-1691

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1085 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1474 |
Producer name: BIOG41911 Drawn by:Santo Piatti |
Production date: 1702-1747

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.658.c |
Producer name: BIOG18127 Drawn by:Giovanni Baglione |
Production date: 1586-1644

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1115 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1621-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.473 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 After:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.823 |
Producer name: BIOG27136 Drawn by:Ciro Ferri |
Production date: 1649-1689

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.428 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1559-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0208.32 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1531 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Claudio CoelloFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1630-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.993 |
Producer name: BIOG32338 Drawn by:Jan Hulswit |
Production date: 1781-1822

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.150 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1321 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gaetano GandolfiFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1749-1802

drawing; cartoon

Museum number: 1951,0208.24 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1392 |
Producer name: BIOG28545 After:Giovanni Battista Gaulli |
Production date: 1654-1709

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.418 |
Producer name: BIOG27795 Drawn by:Giacomo Franco |
Production date: 1610-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.408 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1559-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1355 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Ascribed to:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1572-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1544.b |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.830 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.935 |
Producer name: BIOG28351 Drawn by:Ubaldo Gandolfi |
Production date: 1743-1781

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1076.96 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1626-1627

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1946,0713.1018 |
Producer name: BIOG45698 Circle/School of:Jan van Scorel |
Production date: 1510-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.629 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.828 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1338 |
Producer name: BIOG21756 Attributed to:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1550-1575

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1514 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1523 |
Producer name: BIOG42569 Attributed to:Stefano Pozzi |
Production date: 1722-1768

drawing

Museum number: 1960,1115.1 |
Producer name: BIOG29116 Circle/School of:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1514-1546