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Sir William Charles Windeyer

Private virtues public lives

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010

Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer, 1850s

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Mary Windeyer on the verandah at Tomago, NSW

Mary Windeyer on the verandah at Tomago, NSW

Mary Windeyer on the verandah at Tomago, NSW

Mary Windeyer on the verandah at Tomago, NSW, c. 1880s

an unknown artist

Portrait, glass plate negative

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2012

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer (née Bolton, 1837-1912), women's rights campaigner, was one of the nine children of Robert Thorley Bolton, a clergyman who emigrated to New South Wales in 1839.

3 portraits in the collection

Ann Mary Windeyer

Ann Mary Windeyer

Ann Mary Windeyer (née Rudd, c. 1783–1865) arrived in Sydney in 1828 with her husband Charles Windeyer (1780–1855) and nine of their ten children.

1 portrait in the collection

Ann Mary Windeyer

Ann Mary Windeyer

Ann Mary Windeyer

Ann Mary Windeyer, 1847

Portrait, pastel and gouache on paper laid down on backing sheet

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer

Mary Windeyer, c. 1891

Freeman Brothers

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on studio mount

Gift of J.B. Windeyer 2018

Charles Windeyer

Charles Windeyer

Charles Windeyer

Charles Windeyer, 1830s

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer, 1840s

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William Charles Windeyer aged six

William Charles Windeyer aged six

William Charles Windeyer aged six

William Charles Windeyer aged six, 1840

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer, 1830s

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Jane Windeyer

Jane Windeyer

Jane Windeyer

Jane Windeyer, 1885

Henry Elis Leopold Brusewitz

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Windeyer family 2012

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer, c. 1857

an unknown artist

Portrait, daguerreotype

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer

William Charles Windeyer, 1856

an unknown artist

Portrait, daguerreotype

Gift of the Windeyer family 2009

Jane Windeyer

Jane Windeyer

Jane Windeyer (1865–1950) was the second eldest daughter of politician and judge Sir William Charles Windeyer (1834–1897) and his wife, Mary (née Bolton, 1837–1912), a leading campaigner for women’s rights.

2 portraits in the collection

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer (1806-1847), journalist, barrister and politician, was the eldest of the ten children born to Charles Windeyer and his wife Ann Mary and remained in England when the rest of his family went to New South Wales.

3 portraits in the collection

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