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Henry Wyndham Phillips

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Henry Wyndham Phillips

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
8 Dec 1868 (aged 47–48)
Sydenham Hill, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England
Burial
West Norwood, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England Add to Map
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He was a British portrait painter.

Henry Wyndham Phillips died suddenly on 8 December 1868, at his country home, Hollow Combe, at Sydenham in Kent.

A short obituary appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette (17 December 1868): 'Mr Henry Wyndham Phillips, who recently died at his residence at Sydenham, was the son of Thomas Phillips, R.A., professor of painting in the Academy, and was himself a painter of some mark. His portraits of Layard, Clyde, Lawrence, Speke and Grant, and many others, are well known. Mr Phillips was one of the founders of the Cosmopolitan Club; the indefatigable chief of the 2nd Middlesex or Artists' Rifle Corps; the secretary of the Artists' General Benevolent Society; and a supporter of half a score other social and useful institutions. In private life he was universally esteemed and beloved.'
He was a British portrait painter.

Henry Wyndham Phillips died suddenly on 8 December 1868, at his country home, Hollow Combe, at Sydenham in Kent.

A short obituary appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette (17 December 1868): 'Mr Henry Wyndham Phillips, who recently died at his residence at Sydenham, was the son of Thomas Phillips, R.A., professor of painting in the Academy, and was himself a painter of some mark. His portraits of Layard, Clyde, Lawrence, Speke and Grant, and many others, are well known. Mr Phillips was one of the founders of the Cosmopolitan Club; the indefatigable chief of the 2nd Middlesex or Artists' Rifle Corps; the secretary of the Artists' General Benevolent Society; and a supporter of half a score other social and useful institutions. In private life he was universally esteemed and beloved.'


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