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Melbourne Spurr
Dorothy Gordon, c. 1922
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Melbourne Spurr
Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand", c. 1922
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Dorothy Gordon OBE
Biography
Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.
2 portraits in the collection
Greg Weight
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi, 2010
Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Michael Riley
Dorothy, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Rick Amor
Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Andrea Goldsmith 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jiawei Shen
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG, 2006
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Mundango Charitable Trust and Claudia Hyles 2006
David Moore
Gordon Andrews, Lovett Bay, Sydney, 1987 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
S. Milbourn Jnr
Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1890-1894
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
David Moore
Gordon Andrews, Cottage Rock, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, 1968 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Max Dupain OBE
Gordon Watson, 1964
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Andrew Sibley
Gordon Shepherdson, 1980
Portrait, brush and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert McFarlane
Gordon Chater, c. 1993 (printed 2017)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Anthony Browell
Gordon Andrews at Lovett Bay NSW, 1996
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donald Cameron
The Reverend Dr Gordon Powell AM MA BD, c. 1986
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of the Powell and Beynon families 2010
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Gordon and Marilyn Darling, 1994
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Francis Reiss 2009