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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw AM

Tony Shaw AM (b. 1953), rugby union footballer, made his debut for Queensland in 1973 and went on to play 112 games for his state team.

1 portrait in the collection

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Roderick Shaw

Roderick Shaw (1915-1992) is perhaps best known for his worker paintings of the social realist school, such as Cable Layers (in the Art Gallery of NSW).

2 portraits in the collection

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Roderick Shaw

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1965

Jordie, 2015 by Jeremy Shaw

Jordie, 2015

What the world needs now is love, 2012 by Jeremy Shaw

What the world needs now is love, 2012

Chest piece, 2014 by Jeremy Shaw

Chest piece, 2014

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George Baird Shaw

George Baird Shaw (1812-1883), painter and printmaker, arrived in Australia in 1856.

2 portraits in the collection

Bee Miles

Bee Miles

Bee Miles

Bee Miles, 1976

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Gift of Brian Griffin 2000

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw, 2018

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on dibond

Commissioned with funds provided by the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018

Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975

Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975

Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975

Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975, 1984

Portrait, oil and oil pastel on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts, 1878

George Baird Shaw

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Thoms family 2011

Annie Roberts

Annie Roberts

Annie Roberts

Annie Roberts, 1878

George Baird Shaw

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Reg, Lesley, Glen and Paul Thoms 2011

Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre), 1871

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw, 2018

by Sarah Rhodes

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Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018

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Sinead Davies

Sinead Davies, born in Ireland, studied at the Byam Shaw School in London from 1976 to 1980, winning the Byam Shaw Scholarship in 1978 and the British Foundation Institute Award of the Royal Academy of Art in 1980.

1 portrait in the collection

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