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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015



Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.


Frannie Carandini, a singer, born in Hobart Town, one of five daughters of Jerome Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, and his ambitious singing wife.
1 portrait in the collection

Rosina Carandini (Palmer) (1844-1932) was a singer, born in Hobart Town, one of five daughters (including Fannie) of Jerome Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, and his ambitious singing wife.
1 portrait in the collection

Jeremy (Jerry) Ellis (b. 1927) was Chairman of BHP from 1997 to 1999.
1 portrait in the collection

Marie Carandini (née Burgess, 1826–1894), aka 'Madame Carandini', was seven years old when her family arrived in Van Diemen's Land as assisted immigrants.
1 portrait in the collection

Lewis Miller (b. 1959), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1998 with one of his many portraits of fellow artist Allan Mitelman, and has been a finalist seventeen times.
4 portraits in the collection



Gift of the artist 2017

Nelson Illingworth trained in sculpture in England and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries for nine years before moving to Australia.
3 portraits in the collection

Michele Aboud, commercial, fashion and portrait photographer, is a graduate of the Photographic College of London and UCLA.
1 portrait in the collection

Suzanne Cory AC (b. 1942) is a molecular biologist whose research has contributed to the understanding of immunology and the development of cancer.
1 portrait in the collection

Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.



Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009



Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

National Portrait Gallery Director Angus Trumble is ending his five-year tenure with a flourish, after announcing that Gallery publication Dempsey’s People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824-1844 has been awarded the 2018 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.