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John Newcombe, 1976 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

inkjet print on paper (sheet: 48.5 cm x 33.0 cm, image: 35.9 cm x 24.0 cm)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
© Robert McFarlane/Copyright Agency, 2020

Accession number: 2017.34

Currently not on display

Artist and subject

Robert McFarlane (age 34 in 1976)

John Newcombe (age 32 in 1976)

Subject professions

Sports and recreation

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Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe Ern McQuillan

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Nick Enright, c. 1976 (printed 2004) Robert McFarlane

1. John Newcombe, 2006 Robin Sellick. © Robin Sellick. 2. Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe Ern McQuillan. © Michael McQuillan's Classic Photographs. 3. John Newcombe and family, 1973 Lewis Morley. © Lewis Morley Archive LLC. 4. Nick Enright, c. 1976 (printed 2004) Robert McFarlane. © Robert McFarlane/Copyright Agency, 2020.

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