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Justice Kirby works nearly every waking moment, even listing his recreation, in Who's Who, as 'work'. Ralph Heimans sketched him at his desk, and has said that Kirby's rather impatient glance in the portrait reflects the judge's expression as the artist asked him to look up for a moment.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Ralph Heimans AM (age 28 in 1998)
The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG (age 59 in 1998)
Ralph Heimans AM (15 portraits)
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