Certificate for Geometry

Certificate stored in a red leatherette tube awarded to Charles G L Phillips by the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education. For 'Practical Plane and Solid Geometry', dated15 May 1886. Part of a collection of paintings, etchings and personal effects relating to Charles Gustav Phillips, a prolific Dundee artist. Phillips worked in a variety of media: oils, watercolour and etchings and was particularly known for his landscapes and townscapes of Dundee and the surrounding areas. His work was regularly exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy. He died in 1944 at the age of 80 and his work was bequeathed to Dundee Heritage Trust in 2002 by his son William S Phillips.