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Ethel Turner
Biography
Ethel Turner (1870-1958), writer, came to Australia with her twice-widowed mother at the age of nine.
1 portrait in the collection
Ethel Turner, 1928
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Moving in creative circles
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2008
Harold Cazneaux's portraits of influential Sydneysiders included Margaret Preston and Ethel Turner, both important figures in the development of ideas about Australian identity and culture.
Ethel Anderson
Biography
Ethel Anderson (née Mason, 1883-1958), writer and artist, was an important figure in the Sydney modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s.
2 portraits in the collection
Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey AC
Biography
Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey AC, Baroness Casey (1892-1983), chatelaine, artist, pilot and author, was born in Melbourne, the daughter of the Surgeon General, Sir Charles Ryan.
1 portrait in the collection
Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1967
Maie Casey, 1953
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2016
Charles Turner
Biography
Charles Turner (1773-1851), engraver, was born in Oxfordshire and moved to London at the end of the 1780s.
2 portraits in the collection
The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, 1839
Charles Turner after Sir George Hayter
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1827
Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia, c. 1912
G.W. Lawrie
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011
Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia, c. 1912
G.W. Lawrie
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011
William St Leonards Robertson, c. 1865
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Margaret Robertson, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Margaret Robertson, c. 1852
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Robertson jnr, c. 1852
an unknown artist
Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype, hand coloured with case
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.