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Christopher Morris
Biography
Christopher Morris studied photography at Griffith University in Brisbane in the mid 1990s, during which he photographed many of the leading names in contemporary music including U2, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Morris
Bernard Fanning, 2003
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Francis Reiss
Morris Lurie, 1994
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2004
Dora Toovey
Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle", 1945
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Anne and Brennan Keats 2009
Annie May Moore
Christopher Brennan, 1927
Portrait, carbon print on paper
Purchased 2014
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021, 2022 (printed 2023)
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
an unknown artist
Billy Hughes paperweight, n.d.
Portrait, cast iron, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ric Techow and Jenny Techow-Coleman in memory of Roy and Bet Techow 2001
Will Dyson
Billy Hughes, n.d.
Portrait, pen and ink wash on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
J H Barratt & Co Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent
Portrait of Mr W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 1916
Portrait, photographic image on glazed ceramic tile
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ian Ross 2001
Mashman Bros Ltd
Billy Hughes bottle stopper, 1911-1921
Portrait, ceramic and cork
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Thomas Morris, M N. Bates, Joseph C. Stadler after George Garrard
Woburn Sheepshearing, 1811
Portrait, aquatint with stipple and etching and engraving, hand coloured on chine colle on paper laid down on cotton stretched over wooden strainer
Purchased 2018
Australian Tapestry Workshop, Merrill Dumbrell, Christopher Pyett, Normana Wight
Portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 2000
Portrait, warp: cotton No.12 seinetwine; weft: wool and cotton
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2000
Morris Lurie
Biography
Morris Lurie (1938-2014) was a Melbourne-based author of fiction. Born to Jewish parents who had fled Poland before World War 2, he studied architecture and worked in advertising before turning to writing full-time.
1 portrait in the collection
William Morris Hughes
Biography
William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) was Labor and National Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.
4 portraits in the collection
Tim Johnson
Clifford Possum Study 1, 2002
Portrait, pencil and polymer vinyl paint on canvas
Gift of Morris Low 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dr Christopher Chapman
Biography
After almost 12 years, Dr Christopher Chapman departed as Senior Curator in 2019.