Career
He died 13 August 1832 in Kentish Town, London. Philip Dawe also worked for some time under William Hogarth. Although he worked as an artist in his own right, Dawe"s output largely comprised engravings of the work of others
He also produced satirical political cartoons leading up to the events of the Boston Tea Party and is referred to in a book entitled The Boston Portuguese Bill as Pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist by R.T.H. Halsey.
These cartoons include "The Bostonians in Distress", "The Alternative of Williams-Burg" and "The Butcher’s Wife Dressing for the Pantheon". They were of a simple style but made acute observation and comment.