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Lady Edith Knox
Biography
Edith Knox (1855–1942), matriarch, was a daughter of Janet and Scottish-born merchant and businessman Joseph Scaife Willis, who was president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and a founding director of the Sydney Exchange Co.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Knox, c. 1927-1929
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs Caroline Philippa Parker 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox., c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Edith E. Williams
Biography
Edith Ellen Williams (nee Horne, (1851–1885) was the first wife of Hartley Williams (1843–1929), a Victorian Supreme Court judge from 1881 until 1903.
1 portrait in the collection
Edith Ellen Williams, c. 1871
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016
Sir Edward Knox
Biography
Sir Edward Knox (1819-1901), businessman and banker, grew up in Denmark and as teenager joined his uncle's London mercantile firm as a clerk.
1 portrait in the collection
Martha Knox
Biography
Martha Knox (née Rutledge, d. 1903), was the sister of merchant, landowner and banker William Rutledge.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Forster Knox
Biography
The Knox's third son, Thomas Forster Knox (1849-1919) followed his father and older brother into business, and became prominent in the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Edward William Knox Jnr
Biography
Edward William Knox (1847-1933), industrialist, was the second of four surviving sons of Sir Edward Knox, founder of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co, and his wife Martha Rutledge (sister of merchant, banker and settler William Rutlege).
3 portraits in the collection
Edward Knox, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Martha Knox, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Edward Knox, c. 1927-1929
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs Caroline Philippa Parker 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
E. W. Knox, 1933
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter and Susan Dadswell 2015
Archbishop James Knox, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pencil and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Morse coder, 2012
by Richard Goodwin
Image
Downhill, 2013
by Joey Knox
General content
Finalist, MDPA 2014