Charles Philips (1703–1747)

• Was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century.
• Philips was baptised in the combined parish of St Mildred, Poultry with St Mary Colechurch.

• He was the son of Richard Philips, also a portraitist.

• He married Mary Francis in 1737 and moved to Great Queen Street shortly afterwards.

• Philips died in London in 1747 only six years after his father. 

• He was primarily a painter of small portraits and conversation pieces.

• In 1732 he painted conversation works for the Duchess of Portland and the Duke of Somerset.

• In 1737 he reached the height of his career when he painted the Prince and Princess of Wales in a pair of full-length portraits.

• The last known portrait painted by Philips dates from 1740.

• It is not known why Philips's output apparently ended abruptly.

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