Benedict Chapman

Phillips's second portrait of Benedict Chapman from 1841, held at Gonville and Caius College itself, is a companion to his portrait at the Fitzwilliam, documenting the Master in the same year from potentially different sittings or produced for different institutional display purposes. Multiple portraits of the same significant figure were a standard practice in institutional documentation—different colleges, chapels, and official rooms each requiring their own version of the canonical image of a significant administrator or patron. The Gonville and Caius holding placed this version in the institution Chapman was leading, giving it the specific function of recording his leadership for the college's own visual history.

This college version of the Chapman portrait may differ from the university version in size, format, or accessories while maintaining the essential characterization. Phillips's professional reliability ensured that multiple versions achieved consistent quality. The Caius College setting provides the most direct institutional context.