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Elizabeth Reid AO

Elizabeth Reid AO (b. 1942), adviser on women's and public health policy, lived from her teens in Canberra, where she gained a pioneering public service cadetship in 1960.

1 portrait in the collection

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Elizabeth Reid, 1989

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019

Lucinda with stung eye, 2016 by Jon Reid

Lucinda with stung eye, 2016

Lady Jane Grey, c.1590-1600 (also known as The ‘Streatham’ portrait) Artist unknown

The Royal she

Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2019

Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.

Standing in the now and looking to the future, 2020 Laura Reid

Standing in the now and looking to the future

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Set of 129 Royal Christmas Cards and three miscellaneous items, 1951-2001

an unknown artist

Portrait, offset print (tipped in), letter press (greeting), pen and ink (signature), embossed (royal emblem) on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

George Reid paperweight

Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC

Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.

3 portraits in the collection

Bill Reid

Bill Reid

Bill Reid

Bill Reid, 1979

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid

Sir George Reid, c. 1895

Nelson Illingworth

Portrait, cast plaster, painted

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight, c. 1910

Farmer and Company Limited

Portrait, painted cast iron

Purchased 2001

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight

George Reid paperweight, c. 1910

Farmer and Company Limited

Portrait, painted cast iron

Purchased 2006

Portrait of Mrs Fairfax

Elizabeth Fairfax

Elizabeth Fairfax (née Jesson, 1778–1861), colonial free settler, was born in Birmingham and around 1800 married William Fairfax, whose family had previously held estates in Barford, Warwickshire.

1 portrait in the collection

Elizabeth Rouse (copy of drawing by William Griffith)

Elizabeth Rouse

Elizabeth Rouse (née Adams, 1772–1849), colonial spouse, arrived in New South Wales as a free settler in 1801 with her husband, Richard Rouse (1774–1852) and their first two children, one of whom had been born on the voyage out.

1 portrait in the collection

Elizabeth Read (née Archer)

Elizabeth Read

Elizabeth Read (née Archer c. 1820–1884) had already spent time in gaol for offences including drunkenness and being ‘lewd and disorderly’ when, in 1840, she was found guilty of stealing and sentenced to transportation ‘beyond the sea’.

1 portrait in the collection

Elizabeth Walford

Elizabeth Walford

Francis William Barnard Walford (1821–1896), businessman and landowner, was born in Hobart, the son of Barnard Walford (1801–1846), a publican and victualler; and the grandson of Barnard Walford senior (c.

1 portrait in the collection

Miss Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts (1812–1833) was the daughter of Warwickshire-born William Roberts (1754–1819) and his wife, Jane (née Longhurst, c.

1 portrait in the collection

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