Philip William May b. 22 April 1864

Also known as Phil May, Philip May William
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Significant English cartoonist who worked in Sydney and Melbourne for three years in the late Colonial period: "a rival to Charles Keene as England's greatest cartoonist ever". He drew several strong anti-Chinese images in Sydney.
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  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
  • Melbourne Savage Club
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illanois, USA
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    (56 works, mostly drawings, including three small sketchbooks; one drawing is of the Midway Plaisance at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, there are caricatures and portraits mostly done in London, self portraits including one with Whistler, possibly original drawings for Punch (London), cover illustrations (e.g. Drury Lane Theatre Royal programme) and copies of Guttersnipes and Looking Glass

  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat , Vic.
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    'Lady of the House and Bore’ 1898 Bulletin original, gift of Les Tanner 1971, & 3 others

  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
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    'Griffiths Policy’

  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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    'Things we see when we come out without our gun’ 1888, Pd 721

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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    (includes w/c & gouache caricature of Henry Parkes purchased at auction of J.F. Archibald’s estate 1919, 'Surrender of Hedication’, pencil caricature of Parkes acq. 1978, 'The Life Story of Parkes’, pen & ink, presented Mrs M.G. Cater 1955, and Mr. Allpress and others, gift of Leslie Board 1923)

  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
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    (2 English drawings)

  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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    (10 drawings)

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  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (collected in)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illanois, USA (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat , Vic. (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (collected in)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illanois, USA (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat , Vic. (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)