James Buckingham Philp b. 1830

Also known as J. B. Phelp, Phelps
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Originally from England, Philp was a painter, lithographer, architectural draughtsman and amateur actor who migrated to Melbourne in 1853. He lived there until 1865 when he suddenly disappeared, reportedly with a great sum of money he had stolen.
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Citations

  • Darragh, Thomas A (11 April 2008) 'Information sourced from’.

  • (1915), 'Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers’, London, England, UK.

  • McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Gold Rush’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Turnbull, C. (ed.) (1961), 'The Melbourne Album’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Darragh, T., 'Directory of nineteenth century engravers and lithographers working in Victoria’, (manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)