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Tom Roberts
James T. Donovan, 1892
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2015
Lisa Reid
Jason Donovan - Sealed with a Kiss record cover, 2004
Portrait, gouache on paper
Purchased 2025
James Donovan
Biography
James T Donovan (1861–1922), journalist, Catholic historian and amateur singer, was born into an Irish Catholic family in Sydney and grew up in Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst.
1 portrait in the collection
James Tylor, Craig Tuffin, Dr Elisa deCourcy
James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu, 2021
Portrait, 1/4 plate daguerreotype in a leather case lined with Nantu Watpa Grey Kangaroo fur
Purchased 2022
an unknown artist
James Macarthur, c. 1836-1838
Portrait, black and bronze ink with white bodycolour highlight on buff board
Purchased 2019
Tom Roberts
Sir James Reading Fairfax, 1898
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
W.A. Bowring
James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011
Kerrie Lester
James Morrison with flugelhorn, 1994
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Purchased 1999. Courtesy of the Corrigan family and Stuart Purves.
Bryan Westwood
James Oswald Fairfax, c. 1991
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Wesley Stacey
James Mollison, c. 1973 (printed 2004)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of James Mollison AO 2004
Martin van der Wal
James Iyuna, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Francesco Bartolozzi after John Webber
Captain James King, engraving after Webber, 1784
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
Wesley Stacey
James Mollison, c. 1973 (printed 2004)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of James Mollison AO 2004
Polly Borland
Clive James, 1999
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
![A Chief Secretary "Blunt, but Honest" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis]](/files/1/0/7/a/i9661-sl.jpg "A Chief Secretary \"Blunt, but Honest\" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis]")
![A Chief Secretary "Blunt, but Honest" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis]](/files/1/0/7/a/i9661-ths.jpg "A Chief Secretary \"Blunt, but Honest\" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis]")
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times
A Chief Secretary "Blunt, but Honest" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis], 1874
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Wedgwood and Bentley
Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, 1779
Portrait, white on blue Jasper Ware in oval shaped wood and gilt frame
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007