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Versailles Museum; Death of Turenne (1838), Marseilles Museum; Louis XV. visiting Battle-Field of Fontenoy (1840), formerly in Luxembourg; Battle of Mount Tabor, Battle of Rivoli (1845), Versailles Museum; Entrance to Pass of Mouzaïa, Defence of Mazagran (1842); Attack on Mededeah (1843); People of Sedan returning after Battle of Douzy, Battle of Oued-Jer (1844); Battle of Rivoli (1845); Due d'Orléans releasing Prisoners, Algerian Women, Street in Algiers (1846), Colonel Gourgaud saving Napoleon's Life (1848); Incident of Campaign in France, Halt of Light Cavalry, Crown of Periwinkles (1849); Last Banquet of the Girondins (1850), Marseilles Museum; General Bonaparte, Deception, Returning from Tavern (1853); Incident of Defeat of Cimbri (1855); Charge of African Cavalry at Balaklava (1859), Versailles Museum; General Forey applauded by Troops after Battle of Montebello, Emperor Napoleon embracing General Forey in the Station at Voghera, Nuns in a Chapel (1861); Battle of Montebello (1863), Versailles Museum; Battle of Diernstein (1863); Siege of Puebla, General Forey entering Mexico in Triumph—June 10, 1863 (1865); Return of Sainte-Anne-la-Palude's Pardon (1866); Arrival of Remains of Napoleon I. at Courbevoie (1867); Capture of Great Redoubt at Moskowa, St. Séverin's Sunday (1870); Bombardment of Paris (1873); Portrait of Napoleon as Lieutenant, Portraits of Generals Dampierre and Reynier, Versailles Museum; Panorama of the Defence of Paris (on the Champs Elysées, Paris); Defence of Châteaudun (1879); "They are Here" (1880); The Discovery, Wm. Astor, New York.—Bellier, ii. 263; Larousse.


PHILISCUS, painter, date unknown; mentioned by Pliny (xxxv. 40 [141]) in connection with his picture of a Painter's Studio, with a boy blowing the fire.—Sillig, 350.



PHILLIP, JOHN, born in Aberdeen, April 17, 1817, died at Kensington, Feb. 27, 1867. History and portrait painter, pupil in London of T. M. Joy in 1836, and of Royal Academy in 1837; exhibited portraits in 1838-39, and Tasso in Disguise in 1840. During the next ten years he painted many clever Scotch subjects, among the best of which were Baptism in Scotland (1850) and Scotch Washing (1851). Visited Spain in 1852 and 1856, after which his style changed and his art and subjects became Spanish. Elected an A.R.A. in 1857, and R.A. in 1859; went to Spain again in 1860, and to Rome in 1866. Phillip was one of the best colourists of the British school. Works: Visit to the Gypsy Quarter (1853), Letter Writer of Seville (1854), belonging to the Queen; Death of the Contrabandista (1858); Marriage of the Princess Royal (1860); Dolores (1862); Agua Bendita (1863); La Gloria (1864); Early Career of Murillo (1865); Chat around the Brasiers (1866); Antonio (1867).—Redgrave; Wilmot-Buxton, 161; Art Journal (1867), 127, 153; Sandby, ii. 306.


PHILLIPS, THOMAS, born at Dudley, Warwickshire, Oct. 18, 1770, died in London, April 20, 1845. Studied with Francis Eginton, glass painter, Birmingham; went to London in 1790, and was employed by Benjamin West on the window of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Became an exhibitor in 1792 at the Royal Academy; A.R.A. in 1804, and R.A. in 1808. In 1825 he succeeded Fuseli as professor of painting, and after his resignation, in 1832, published his lectures on the "History and Principles of Painting" (London, 1833). He executed some historical subjects, but was