Philip T. Gilchrist
Gallery of Paintings
Postcard showing Dolphin House designed by Philip and built between 1912 and 1914
Philip Thomson Gilchrist R. B. A. (1865-1956) lived at Sunderland Point for more than 40 years. He was a fine painter of marine subjects, landscapes and classical themes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. He was an elected member of the Royal British Academy of artists and both Manchester and Liverpool Academies of Fine Arts . Examples of Philip’s works can be found in the collections of public art galleries.
He worked closely and developed a lifelong friendship with the famous British painter William Wells during his years at Sunderland Point in the early 1900s.
These images are copyright to the estate of Philip Gilchrist and have been reproduced with the permission of the Gilchrist family. They must not be copied without express permission.
1880 - 1902
First works up to the Exchange Street Exhibition in 1902
1. 'The Cotton Tree' 1891 (Philip's dog?).
2. Fishing boats on Lune dated to 1891.
3. Boat on Shore at Old Hall 1891.
4. 'A Rainbow over Niagara Falls' 1893.
5. (Attributed to Philip) 'The Land Lighthouse' 1899.
6. 'November Sunshine' 1899.
7. 'Streatley on Thames' 1899.
8. 'Clearing Up' 1899.
9. 'A Breaking Wave' 1900.
10. 'An Iron Barque' 1901.
11. Unknown ship sketch, possibly 'Aground', 1901.
12. Two small upright watercolours 1901.
13. 'An Evening in May, Falmouth' 1902.
14. 'Schooner with Tug' watercolour 1902.
15. 'A Wet day in Moffat' 1900.
1903 - 1905
Up to the Atkinson Gallery Exhibition in Southport, 1905
1. 'Irish Mail, Conway Curve' 1905.
2. Formal photo of 'Irish Mail' 1905.
3. Preparatory sketch 1 for 'Irish Mail' 1905.
4. Preparatory sketch 2 for 'Irish Mail' 1905.
5. 'The Home of the Mediterranean Fleet, Malta' 1903.
6. 'Latent Power' 1903.
7. Formal photo of 'The Coming Tide' 1904.
8. An Amazon Delta watercolour "Rain" 1905?
9. 'The Ship Graveyard at Falmouth' 1905.
10. 'Xerxes Burning Athens: Flight of the Athenians' 1903.
11. 'Columns of the Olypmpieion, Athens' 1903.
12. A Greek fishing boat, no title, 1902?
13. Formal photo 'The Last Days of HMS Marathon' 1905.
14. Formal photograph, 'Between the Lamps of Day and Night' 1902.
15. Formal photograph ‘Home Again' 1902.
16. Cattle on a headland, no title dated, 1905.
17. Sketch for 'Southport Marine Lake' 1904.
18. 'Southport Marine Lake' 1904
19. 'Across The River' 1905?
20. 'The Fishers of Phaleron' 1903.
21. 'Temple of the Wingless Victory' 1902.
22. 'Training Brig Getting Under Weigh' 1903 (Philip's spelling).
23. Greek fishermen, no title or date, but thought to be ia painting from Philip’s visit to Greece. c1902?
24. 'A Forgotten Lancashire Port' 1905.
25. 'Sketch of Cemlyn Bay' 1905.
26 'An Old Gun-Brig' 1903.
27. Possible Corfu sketch (later used for 'Isle of Ulysses, Corfu' 1936) c1902.
28. Possibly 'The Fairy Tree' 1900?
29. 'A quiet evening on the Lune' 1905.
1906 - 1910
Up to the Exhibitions in Manchester and Glasgow, 1910
1. 'Fettling Up' 1906.
2. 'The Norwegian Barque' 1906 (?).
3. Morning on the Lune' 1909.
4. 'Dedicated to the Moon-god, a Temple of 3,000 Years Ago. 1908.
5. Sketch of the boat Child of Hale a preparation for ‘The Retired Lifeboat’. 1909?
6. 'The Retired Lifeboat' 1909.
7. Sketch for 'The Lune Estuary at Low Water' 1906.
8. 'The Lune Estuary at Low Water' 1906.
9. Formal photo of 'In Dock' 1908 (Glasson Dock).
10. 'The Pyramids of Gizah' 1909.
11. 'A Winter Sunrise' 1908 (As recorded for auction sale).
12. 'A Cornfield' 1909 (As recorded for auction sale).
13. 'An October Morning, Loch-an-Eilan' 1908.
14. Possible sketch for 'Sea Pinks in the Evening', c1910.
15. Possibly 'Across the Forest' 1909?
16. 'Sea Pinks' 1908.
17. 'A Gleam' 1906.
18. 'Back to the Moorings' 1908.
19. 'Close of a Wet Day' 1906 (later/also called 'The Cotton Tree).
20. 'An Old Mooring Post' 1908.
21. 'The Tugboat' 1906.
22. 'Twilight view of Sunderland Point' possibly dated between 1906 and 1910.
23. ‘Bella Villa' c1910.
24. Sketch for 'Bella Villa' 1910.
25. Possibly 'The Sacred Lake, Karnak' 1908?
26. Sketch of the Hall 1901?
1911 - 1954
All paintings up to his last works
1. Old Boats 1935.
2. ‘The Spell to Make the Anchor Hold' 1938 or 1951.
3. 'The Loch' 1906 and 1936
4. Possibly 'A day that has passed' 1930/51?
5. Mooring at Sunderland 1950 (?).
6. 'In a Highland Forest' 1938.
7. 'A legacy of the West Indies Trade' 1934.
8. 'Sunset'. Cornfield with children added later, 1936/1957.
9. ‘Ocean Waves’ 1951.
10. 'The Rainbow', Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1912.
11. Sketch for 'Town Scar Buoy' 1910.
12. ‘Town Scar Buoy’ 1911.
13. 'Evening Tide' alternative 1933 or 1953.
14. 'Evening Tide' alternative 1933 or 1953.
15. Sketch for 'Evening Tide' 1934?
16. 'When my Ship Comes Home' for the Queen's Dolls House, 1922.
17. Possibly original sketch (c1902) for 'Isle of Ulysses, Corfu' 1936.
18. ‘The Isle of Ulysses, Corfu’ 1936.
19. ‘The Blue Ionian Sea, Swimming Race, Corfu’ 1902/1947.
20. ‘Taring the Main Sail’ 1934.
21. An imagined transmuted Dolphin c1930
Paintings not yet identified
1. Aground?
2. Watercolour of Schooner
3. Watercolour Scotland?
4. Amazon? Nile?
5. 'The Hen Coop' no date
7. Unknown.
8. Scotland?
9. Scotland.
10. Maybe 'October in the Grampians' 1908?
11. Unknown.
12. The Artist's Dog, title and date unknown.
13. Calm coastal scene with a Sailing boat, Salcombe?
14. Ship in still water, Scotland?
15. Scotland?
16. Cornwall?
17. Scotland?
18. Cornwall?
19. Scotland?
20. Cornwall?
21. Watercolour of Tug.
22. Unknown.
23. Cornwall?
24. Southport?
25. Scotland?
26. Carsaig, Isle of Mull. Title and date not known.
27. Unknown sailing boat.