John Phillips

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial Victorian sketcher and pastoralist. Despite mixed success as a pastoralist in regional Victoria, the landscape and rural life inspired John Phillips' artistic career and his sketches variously featured local Aborigines, life on the sheep station and a posthumous portrait of the bushranger Daniel 'Mad Dog' Morgan drawn just after he was shot on a neighbouring property.
Name
John Phillips
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Pastoralist (ANZSIC code: 01)
Death date
c.1902
Death place
England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1865
Arrival
  • 1840 (Arrived Vic.)
Residence
  • Deniliquin, NSW
  • 1840 - 1865 Victoria
  • c.1893 - c.1902 England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870