John Philip Davis

(1784-1862)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Davis, John Philip, 1784-1862 DNB: Davis, John Philip [called Pope Davis] (1784-1862), portrait painter LBT ID: JoDavis1862 VIAF ID: 49087873 LOC ID: nr92000894	B/BAP: 1784 DIED: 1862-09-28
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Portrait painter who first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811; he was the friend of Benjamin Robert Haydon and contributed to the Literary Gazette.
REFERENCES TO John Philip Davis: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 26 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 8 Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 14 Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) TOM GENT Found 9: ¶ 5 ¶ 7 ¶ 8 ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 12 ¶ 15 ¶ 16 ¶ n1