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Portraits

Nellie Melba

Nellie Melba

Nellie Melba

Nellie Melba, 1898

Ernest Walter Histed

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Sir Ernest Fisk

Sir Ernest Fisk

Sir Ernest Fisk

Sir Ernest Fisk, n.d. (after 1937)

an unknown artist

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Jane Fisk 2012

Ernest Hutcheson

Ernest Hutcheson

Ernest Hutcheson

Ernest Hutcheson, n.d.

an unknown artist

Portrait, carbon print photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944

Charles Wheeler

Portrait, coloured chalk and black ink on artist board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Harold Blair

Harold Blair

Harold Blair

Harold Blair, 1948

Ernest Buckmaster

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876

The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

The Jester (self portrait)

The Jester (self portrait)

The Jester (self portrait)

The Jester (self portrait), 1923

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Gift of Sir Richard Kingsland AO CBE DFC 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), 1903

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary)

Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), 1903

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison, 1941 (printed 2004)

Alastair Morrison

Portrait, type C photograph from an original negative on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Tim Jarvis

Tim Jarvis

Tim Jarvis

Tim Jarvis, 2018

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Paquita Mawson

Paquita Mawson

Paquita Mawson

Paquita Mawson, late 1940s

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Gareth Mawson Thomas and Pamela Karran-Thomas of the Mawson family 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson, 1933

Henry James Haley

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gareth Mawson Thomas and Pamela Karran-Thomas of the Mawson family 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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