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Frederick Woodhouse

Biography

Frederick Woodhouse Senior, painter, lithographer and engraver, arrived in Melbourne in 1858 in the Parsee to establish himself as a horse portraitist.

1 portrait in the collection

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie
Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie
Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie
Frederick Woodhouse

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie, 1887

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2008

Frederick Cato
Frederick Cato
Frederick Cato
W B McInnes

Frederick Cato, 1932

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
Henry Samuel Sadd

The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley, c. 1887

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth), 1878

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2002

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth), 1878

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Western Australia (Sir Frederick Bedford)
Western Australia (Sir Frederick Bedford)
Western Australia (Sir Frederick Bedford)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Western Australia (Sir Frederick Bedford), 1903

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
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

His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia)
His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia)
His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia)
Charles Wheeler

His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia), 1943-1944

Portrait, coloured chalk with black ink highlight on artist board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Ludwig Becker
Ludwig Becker
Ludwig Becker
Frederick Schoenfeld

Ludwig Becker, 1861

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000

Eccleston Du Faur
Eccleston Du Faur
Eccleston Du Faur
Violet Teague

Eccleston Du Faur, 1911

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service 2020

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie

Sure thing

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie 1887 by Frederick Woodhouse Snr. is a portrait of James Scobie, well known jockey and eminent horse trainer.

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
Frederick Bromley after Robert Frain

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1842

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Master Molteno
Master Molteno
Master Molteno
Townsend Duryea

Master Molteno, c. 1866

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

Sir Frederick Chaney
Sir Frederick Chaney
Sir Frederick Chaney
Louis Kahan AO

Sir Frederick Chaney, n.d.

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Robert Henderson Croll
Robert Henderson Croll
Robert Henderson Croll
Frederick George Reynolds

Robert Henderson Croll, 1927

Portrait, oil on canvas on board

Gift of Grietje Croll in memory of her late husband Robert Devereaux Croll and with the endorsement of his daughter Helen Croll 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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