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Leslie Moran investigates the portraits of judges in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), orphaned at 11, was sent from his native Ireland to Rome, where a relative was rector of the Irish College.
2 portraits in the collection



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010



Gift of the artists 2005



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.
31 portraits in the collection

Leslie Bowles (1885-1954), sculptor, was born in Sydney and began his studies in modelling and woodcarving at the Brisbane Technical College.
1 portrait in the collection


Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.

Professor Leslie Wilkinson (1882-1973) was born in London and initially apprenticed to a stained-glass designer before studying architecture at the Royal Academy (1902-1906).
1 portrait in the collection

Sir Leslie Herron CMG (1902-1973), Chief Justice of New South Wales, graduated in law from the University of Sydney in 1924.
1 portrait in the collection

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sally Hardy 2019

Ashleigh Wadman rediscovers the Australian characters represented with a kindly touch by the British portrait artist Leslie Ward for the society magazine Vanity Fair.



Gift of Susan Crawford OAM 2016



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
