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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney
Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney
Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney
David Moore

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney, 1966 (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.

Janet Holmes á Court
Janet Holmes á Court
Janet Holmes á Court
Lorrie Graham

Janet Holmes á Court, 2001 (printed 2011)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Janet Vernon
Janet Vernon
Janet Vernon
Max Dupain OBE

Janet Vernon, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Summer 1986
Summer 1986
Summer 1986
Janet Dawson

Summer 1986, 1986

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2000, part gift of Michael Boddy

Joseph Cotta
Joseph Cotta
Joseph Cotta
Janet Dawson

Joseph Cotta, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Bill Hunter
Bill Hunter
Bill Hunter
Janet Dawson

Bill Hunter, 1974

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Chris Dickins
Chris Dickins
Chris Dickins
Janet Dawson

Chris Dickins, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Joseph Cotta
Joseph Cotta
Joseph Cotta
Janet Dawson

Joseph Cotta, 1984

Portrait, pastel on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Gladys Cotta
Gladys Cotta
Gladys Cotta
Janet Dawson

Gladys Cotta, 1984

Portrait, pastel on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Janet Dawson

Self portrait, between 1951 and 1953

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of the artist 2000

Michael with beetroot sprouting
Michael with beetroot sprouting
Michael with beetroot sprouting
Janet Dawson

Michael with beetroot sprouting, 2008

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2015

Professor Derek Denton
Professor Derek Denton
Professor Derek Denton
Janet Dawson

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle"
Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle"
Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle"
Dora Toovey

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle", 1945

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Anne and Brennan Keats 2009

Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton"
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton"
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton"
Evert Ploeg

Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016

Portrait, print on transparency film

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016

Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Robert Hannaford AM

Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978

Portrait, oil on composition board

Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Garth Porter
Garth Porter
Garth Porter
Lewis Morley

Garth Porter, 1975 (printed 2001)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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