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Charles Philips (artist)

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170: 216: 201: 186: 231: 150:. The painting casts the Prince as a new King Arthur, with his knights seated around the round table. The other painting, notes in a description of 1813 that "Frederick Prince of Wales Established a Club — Called the Gang or Harry The Fifth’s Club — the members of which were Call’d Fallstaffs Points — Bardolph &c", apparently alluding to Shakespeare's portrayal of 336: 135:, Philips moved into the more lucrative field of portrait painting in the latter part of the decade. In 1737 he reached the height of his career when he painted the Prince and Princess of Wales in a pair of full-length portraits. The Prince of Wales was a well known patron of the arts and especially of immigrant artists. This included 157:
The known body of his work can be dated entirely to the 1730s, with little known of his later life or any later work. The last known portrait painted by Philips dates from 1740. It is not known why Philips's output apparently ended abruptly.
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notes that 'in painting small figure portraits & conversations has met with great encouragement amongst People of Fashion—even some of ye Royal Family'. In 1732 he painted conversation works for the Duchess of Portland and the
169: 215: 146:, describe fashionable London clubs of which there are no other records. The first, dated 1732, shows Frederick, Prince of Wales with members of 'La Table Ronde', and once hung at 176: 103:, also a portraitist. He married Mary Francis in 1737 and moved to Great Queen Street shortly afterwards. Philips died in London in 1747 only six years after his father. 200: 83:(c.1703–1747) was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century. 124:. Throughout the 1730s these conversation pieces increased in complexity with the subjects becoming more numerous and engaging in more varied activities. 386: 371: 121: 185: 318: 230: 100: 263: 111:
As the son of a portraitist, Philips likely learnt the trade from his father. He was primarily a painter of small portraits and
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https://www.rct.uk/collection/406101/frederick-prince-of-wales-with-the-members-of-the-la-table-ronde
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Following the example set by fellow painters of small scale conversation pieces such as
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Index

St Mildred, Poultry
St Mary Colechurch
Richard Philips
conversation pieces
George Vertue
Duke of Somerset
Philippe Mercier
William Hogarth
Jacopo Amigoni
Royal Collection
Carlton House
Henry V
The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families, c.1732
Watson-Wentworth
Lady Betty Germain, 1731
Lady Betty Germain
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, 1737
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1737
Frederick, Prince of Wales
The Strong Family, 1732


Belsey, Hugh
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/22120
UK public library membership
George Vertue
Ellis Waterhouse

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