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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Name
Philip William May
Also known as:
  • Phil May
  • Philip May William (according to Museum of London, 2006)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Timekeeper (ANZSIC code: 2121)
Birth date
22 April 1864
Birth place
New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birth note
1864-04-27 according to McCulloch
Death date
5 August 1903
Death place
London, England, UK
Burial place
St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1878 - c.1903
Arrival
  • 1886 (Sydney, NSW)
Residence
  • c.1889 - c.1903 London, England, UK
  • c.1888 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1886 - c.1888 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1882 - c.1886 London, England, UK
  • c.1864 - c.1884 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Training
  • c.1889 - c.1890 France
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: (September 1903), 'Catalogue of drawings by Phil May for the "Bulletin"', W Bradley & Co., Sydney, NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Holyoake, Mary (intro.) (1985), 'V.A.S. Heritage Exhibition', Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, Vic, (includes ill. of ink drawing formerly owned by Doug Hall).>, <ExternalResource: (1975), 'Drawings by Phil May', Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England, UK (catalogue).>, <ExternalResource: Daplyn, A.J., '[Reminiscences of Phil May in Sydney]', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (Newspaper cuttings v.1, 28-29, ML Q991.N), Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Dart, Peter (c.1970), 'Cartoonists of the Bulletin', Thesis FA IV, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: F., W., 'Phil May, A Master of Line - Some contemporary criticisms', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (Newspaper Cuttings 1, 24-25, ML Q991.N), Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Gayll, A. (1888), 'The History of Botany Bay', (reprinted from Bulletin), Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Greenwall, Ryno; & Carruthers, Jane (intro.) (1992), 'Artists & illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War', Fernwood Press, Johannesburg, South Africa (Thorold's Africana Books [distributor], Vlaeberg, South Africa).>, <ExternalResource: Hopkins, Dorothy (1929), 'Hop of the Bulletin', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Hopkins, Livingston (1914), 'Hop - his confessions', Sydney, NSW: Lone Hand, 06-01, pp 16-20.>, <ExternalResource: Hopkins, Livingston, 'Hop Scrapbooks', Sydney, NSW [held by] Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Jensen, John (1989), 'Australasian Cartoonists in Britain 1889-1988 (Working Paper 43)', Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', National Trust S.H. 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(1900), 'The Phil May Album', Methuen, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Rolfe, Patricia (1979), 'The journalistic javelin - an illustrated history of the Bulletin', Wildcat Press, Gladesville, NSW (distributed by Golden Press, Sydney, NSW).>, <ExternalResource: Stephens, A.G. (intro.) (1904), 'Phil May in Australia', Bulletin Newspaper Co, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Syer, W. (1908), 'Phil May and his photographs', Australian Magazine, pp 668-77.>, <ExternalResource: Tanner, Les (23 December 1963), 'Black and White Art in Australia', Current Affairs Bulletin, Volume 33, Number 3, Sydney, NSW, pp 33-47.>, <ExternalResource: Taylor, George (1902), 'The Spirit of Caricature in the Commonwealth - with incidental remarks on Australian "Black and White"', Commonwealth Annual 2 (1902-3), pp 31-42.>, <ExternalResource: Thorpe, James (1932), 'Phil May Draughtsman and Humorist', George G. Harrop, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1948), 'Phil May', Art & Technics, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1903), 'List of May drawings made for "The Bulletin" and reports of sales of work'', ML Q771M, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1913), 'Phil May - A humorist and his art', Life, February, pp 161-65.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A fine line - a history of Australian commercial art', Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Cook, David (1986), 'Picture postcards in Australia 1898-1920', Pioneer Design Studio, Lilydale, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Grant, Ian F. (1980), 'The unauthorized version - a cartoon history of New Zealand', Cassell, Auckland, NZ.>, <ExternalResource: Bills, Mark (2006), 'The Art of Satire', Museum of London, London, England, UK (catalogue).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Hall, Doug.>, <ExternalResource: Ingram , Terry (1999), 'Sales of the century', Art & Australia 37/2, p 271.>, <ExternalResource: J. Lake (28 October 1903), ''Phil May', his Australian sketches: their value examined', Melbourne Herald 28 October 1903.>] [<ExternalResource: (September 1903), 'Catalogue of drawings by Phil May for the "Bulletin"', W Bradley & Co., Sydney, NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Holyoake, Mary (intro.) (1985), 'V.A.S. Heritage Exhibition', Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne, Vic, (includes ill. of ink drawing formerly owned by Doug Hall).>]