Philip Phillips (photographer)

[1] Philip Phillips was born in either 1857 or 1858, and was educated at Chester College in England under the direction of the Reverend Arthur Rigg.

After he left school he entered the office of a mining engineer.

He then took up photography enthusiastically and served in the capacity of photographer on the Forth Bridge works.

[1] Phillips died at the age of 34 after a short illness of four days, from an attack of influenza that developed into pneumonia.

[1] His father was Joseph Phillips, a contractor specialising in ironwork who worked on the Crystal Palace, the Newark Dyke railway bridge, Birmingham New Street railway station and was part of the consortium to build the Forth Bridge.

Phillips' photograph of the Forth Bridge from North Queensferry hills showing the three cantilevers at near their full height
The Inchgarvie cantilever as seen from the landing stage