Philip Yorke (1757–1834), 3rd Earl of Harwicke, KG (copy of Thomas Lawrence)

Phillips's copy of Lawrence's portrait of Philip Yorke, third Earl of Hardwicke demonstrates the institutional documentation practice of reproducing significant portraits of important figures for display in multiple institutions. The third Earl was a significant political figure of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the original Lawrence portrait had established the canonical image of the man that institutional copies were required to reproduce. Thomas Lawrence was the dominant portrait painter of the Regency period, and copies after his most celebrated portraits were regularly commissioned from competent contemporaries like Phillips who could maintain the quality of the original while producing versions for institutions lacking access to the master's work.

The copy reproduces Lawrence's more dashing, flamboyant portrait style through Phillips's steadier, less bravura technique. The resulting image captures Lawrence's composition and characterization while inevitably reflecting Phillips's own more workmanlike handling. The exercise demonstrates the technical gap between the two painters while serving its practical purpose.