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Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison), 1870
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Roderick Shaw
Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975, 1984
Portrait, oil and oil pastel on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Roderick Shaw
Bee Miles, 1976
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of Brian Griffin 2000
Joe Greenberg
Sir Rod Carnegie, c. 1984
Portrait, offset lithograph on mountboard/card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Sir Roderick Carnegie AC
Biography
Sir Roderick Carnegie (1933-2024) was the former chief executive, chairman and managing director of CRA Limited and chairman of Hudson Conway Limited, Adacel Technologies Limited and World Competitive Practices Pty Ltd.
1 portrait in the collection
Roderick Shaw
Biography
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
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Mark Strizic
Sir Ian Potter, 1968
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Mark Strizic
Douglas Carnegie, 1968
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Mark Strizic
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Mark Strizic
Robin Boyd, 1970
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait of Professors Margaret Gardner and Glyn Davis, 2017
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Jim and Barbara Higgins, Sir Roderick Carnegie AC, Rupert Myer AO and Annabel Myer, Louise and Martyn Myer Foundation, Peter and Ruth McMullin, Diana Carlton, Professor Derek Denton AC, Harold Mitchell AC, Peter Jopling AM KC, Andrew and Liz Mackenzie, Patricia Patten, Tamie Fraser AO, Bruce Parncutt and Robin Campbell, Lauraine Diggins, Steven Skala AO and Lousje Skala 2017
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Hayward Veal
Biography
Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
1 portrait in the collection
Giving and getting
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
Support Crew
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.