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John Elliott
Robert Edwards, 2009
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Art Exhibitions Australia 2009
Bridget Elliot
Ross Edwards, 2013
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2013, to mark the 70th birthday of composer Ross Edwards (23 December 2013)
Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO
Biography
Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO (1930-2023) made a remarkable contribution to the cultural sector in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Max Newton
Ross Edwards, 1971
Portrait, watercolour and ink on paper
Gift of John F Newton 2026
Bradley and Rulofson
Henry Edwards, c. 1874
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Rooney
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hannaford AM
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
David Moore
Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra, 1982 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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
W.A. Bowring
James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011
Louis Kahan AO
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1952
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and ink on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Rooney
Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Bernard Hall
Sir Robert Garran, 1922
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Garran 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Frederick George Reynolds
Robert Henderson Croll, 1927
Portrait, oil on canvas on board
Gift of Grietje Croll in memory of her late husband Robert Devereaux Croll and with the endorsement of his daughter Helen Croll 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Henry Mundy
Robert Kermode, c. 1840
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2008. The original frame for this work was donated to the National Portrait Gallery of Australia by the National Gallery of Victoria 2009.