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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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Herbert Benjamin George Larkin CBE

Biography

Herbert Benjamin George Larkin CBE (c. 1871- 1944), shipping administrator, came to Australia from England and joined the office of the Australian Steam Navigation Company.

1 portrait in the collection

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L E. Reynolds

H.B.G Larkin, 1928

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

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Jacqueline Mitelman

Xavier Herbert, early 1980s (printed 2018)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Xavier Herbert (study)
Xavier Herbert (study)
Xavier Herbert (study)
Ray Crooke AM

Xavier Herbert (study), c. 1977

Portrait, oil on canvas on board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Self portrait with glove
Self portrait with glove
Self portrait with glove
Herbert Badham

Self portrait with glove, 1939

Portrait, oil on canvas board

Purchased 1999

HV (Doc) Evatt
HV (Doc) Evatt
HV (Doc) Evatt
Arnold Shore

HV (Doc) Evatt, 1935

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Elizabeth Evatt and Penelope Seidler 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Edward Lloyd Jones
Edward Lloyd Jones
Edward Lloyd Jones
Herbert Beecroft

Edward Lloyd Jones, c. 1885

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Susanna de Vienne, Sarah Wood and David Lloyd Jones 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Thomas Herbert Maguire

Robert Brown, 1850

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Louis Kahan AO

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, n.d.

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs
Louis Kahan AO

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, early 1970s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Bert Hinkler
Bert Hinkler
Bert Hinkler
Nison Tregor

Bert Hinkler, 1930s

Portrait, cast metal with gold finish

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Alan Foulkes in memory of Mark Graham Cleghorn 2012

John Gould
John Gould
John Gould
Thomas Herbert Maguire, M & N Hanhart

John Gould, 1849

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

William Jackson Hooker
William Jackson Hooker
William Jackson Hooker
Thomas Herbert Maguire

William Jackson Hooker, 1851

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey
Thomas Herbert Maguire

William Henry Harvey, c. 1850

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal
Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal
Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal
an unknown artist

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal, c. 1950s

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008

Xavier Herbert (study)

Xavier Herbert

Biography

Xavier Herbert (1901 –1984), author, was born Alfred Jackson to a single mother in Geraldton, WA.

2 portraits in the collection

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