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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

1,830 related objects

architectural drawing

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

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1106 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.577 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacopo ZucchiFormerly attributed to:Giorgio Vasari |
Production date: 1540-1596

drawing; album; sketch-book

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.471 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 After:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1515-1543

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1399 |
Producer name: BIOG37145 After:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1640-1713

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1083 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1130 |
Producer name: BIOG34418 Drawn by:Raymond La Fage |
Production date: 1656-1684

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.300 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1108 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.291 |
Producer name: BIOG21756 Circle/School of:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1542-1585

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.48 |
Producer name: BIOG42807 Drawn by:Biagio Pupini |
Production date: 1540

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.698 |
Producer name: BIOG20127 Drawn by:Antonio Bonaccina |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1383 |
Producer name: BIOG17100 Drawn by:Alessandro Algardi |
Production date: 1617-1654

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.351 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Battista FrancoFormerly attributed to:Alessandro Vittoria |
Production date: 1513-1561

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1302 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacopo ConfortiniFormerly attributed to:Diego Velázquez |
Production date: 1620-1672

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.160 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 Drawn by:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1660-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.337 |
Producer name: BIOG26468 Drawn by:Jacopo da Empoli |
Production date: 1569-1640

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.717 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Drawn by:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1572-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.610 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Raffaello da Montelupo |
Production date: 1550

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.78 |
Producer name: BIOG49891 Drawn by:Timoteo Viti |
Production date: 1484-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.437 |
Producer name: BIOG40922 Drawn by:Gregorio Pagani |
Production date: 1573-1605

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.381 |
Producer name: BIOG39843 Drawn by:Battista Naldini |
Production date: 1552-1590

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1388 |
Producer name: BIOG20719 Drawn by:Giacinto Brandi |
Production date: 1638-1691

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.84 |
Producer name: BIOG26778 Drawn by:Pietro Faccini |
Production date: 1577-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.263 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1508-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1375 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pietro SorriFormerly attributed to:Jacopo da Pontormo |
Production date: 1571-1621

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.556 |
Producer name: BIOG48897 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Trotti |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.193 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Johannes WierixAfter:Marcus Gheeraerts I |
Production date: 1564-1615

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.730 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Baptiste CorneilleFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1649-1695

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.51 |
Producer name: BIOG29091 Attributed to:Girolamo da Treviso |
Production date: 1512-1544

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.732 |
Producer name: BIOG30014 Attributed to:Guercino |
Production date: 1606-1666

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.572 |
Producer name: BIOG49395 Ascribed to:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1578-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.675 |
Producer name: BIOG19073 Ascribed to:Stefano della Bella |
Production date: 1625-1664

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1345 |
Producer name: BIOG21756 Circle/School of:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1542-1585

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1105 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.711 |
Producer name: BIOG21870 Circle/School of:Remigio Cantagallina |
Production date: 1602-1635

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.554 |
Producer name: BIOG48595 After:Santi di Tito |
Production date: 1553-1603

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.752 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.370 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 After:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1490-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.855 |
Producer name: BIOG24086 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Crosato |
Production date: 1712-1756

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.312 |
Producer name: BIOG19116 Drawn by:Filippo Bellini |
Production date: 1585-1603

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.744 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Ascribed to:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1572-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.146 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the YoungerFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1616

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.210 |
Producer name: Drawn by:MarcantonioFormerly attributed to:Jacopo Ripanda |
Production date: 1500-1505

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.696.b |
Producer name: BIOG19559 Drawn by:Baccio del Bianco |
Production date: 1619-1656

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.566 |
Producer name: BIOG77721 Ascribed to:Rosso Fiorentino |
Production date: 1509-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.875 |
Producer name: BIOG21517 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Busiri |
Production date: 18thC(early)

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.621 |
Producer name: BIOG28512 Circle/School of:Bernardino Gatti |
Production date: 1510-1575

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.3 |
Producer name: BIOG22038 Drawn by:Vittore Carpaccio |
Production date: 1495-1498

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.868 |
Producer name: BIOG21517 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Busiri |
Production date: 18thC(early)

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.162 |
Producer name: BIOG35814 Drawn by:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1660-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.642 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.73 |
Producer name: BIOG41987 Drawn by:Pierino da Vinci |
Production date: 1525-1553

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1025 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Abraham van DiepenbeeckFormerly attributed to:Theodoor van Thulden |
Production date: 1611-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.662 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jean Robert AngoAfter:Andrea Procaccini |
Production date: 1760s

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.14 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.281 |
Producer name: BIOG21754 Ascribed to:Pierfrancesco Cambi |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.156 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Drawn by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1594

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1015 |
Producer name: BIOG45090 Drawn by:Roelant Savery |
Production date: 1591-1639

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.586 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Circle/School of:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1557-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.769 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Filippo NapoletanoFormerly attributed to:Filippo Lauri |
Production date: 1615-1629

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.757-758 |
Producer name: BIOG28545 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Gaulli |
Production date: 1654-1709

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.712 |
Producer name: BIOG21934 Drawn by:Giovanni Carboncini |
Production date: 1672-1692

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.585 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Paolo PaganiFormerly attributed to:Domenico Passignano |
Production date: 1676-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.270 |
Producer name: BIOG41682 Drawn by:Baldassare Peruzzi |
Production date: 1496-1536

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.513 |
Producer name: BIOG77721 Drawn by:Rosso Fiorentino |
Production date: 1522-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1282 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Battista FrancoAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1513-1561

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.86 |
Producer name: BIOG28386 Drawn by:Lorenzo Garbieri |
Production date: 1595-1654

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.338 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Paolo FarinatiFormerly attributed to:Raphael |
Production date: 1539-1606

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.768 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Filippo NapoletanoFormerly attributed to:Filippo Lauri |
Production date: 1615-1629

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.297 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giulio BensoFormerly attributed to:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1607-1668

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.734 |
Producer name: BIOG22363 Ascribed to:Giovanni Battista Crespi |
Production date: 1590-1632

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.857 |
Producer name: BIOG25359 Drawn by:Gaspare Diziani |
Production date: 1704-1767

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.34 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio di Donnino del MazziereFormerly attributed to:Francesco Bacchiacca |
Production date: 1497-1547

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.93 |
Producer name: BIOG19599 Drawn by:Vittorio Maria Bigari |
Production date: 1707-1776

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.995 |
Producer name: BIOG32489 Drawn by:Jan van Huysum |
Production date: 1697-1749

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.624.+ |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Andrea PodestàFormerly attributed to:Raymond La Fage |
Production date: 1636-1674