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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.
  • Biographical Data b. 22 April 1864 New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 27 people
  • Groups 3 groups
  • Works 18 works
  • Exhibitions 7 exhibitions
  • Collections 10 collections
  • Recognitions
  • References 37 references
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
  • Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne, VIC
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    Note

    (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
    Note

    'Lady of the House and Bore’ 1898 Bulletin original, gift of Les Tanner 1971, & 3 others

  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
    Website
    http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/
    Note

    'Griffiths Policy’

  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
    Note

    (various)

  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
    Note

    'Things we see when we come out without our gun’ 1888, Pd 721

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

    Website
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
    Note

    (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
    Website
    http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
    Note

    (2 English drawings)

  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
    Website
    https://www.nla.gov.au/
    Note

    (10 drawings)

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