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Miriam Hyde
Miriam Hyde
Miriam Hyde
Valentin Shkolny

Miriam Hyde, c. 2004

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2006

Miriam Hyde

Miriam Hyde AO OBE

Biography

Miriam Hyde AO OBE (1913-2005), composer, recitalist, teacher, examiner, poet, lecturer and writer of numerous articles for music journals, studied first with her mother and then with William Silver at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Alfred Hill
Alfred Hill
Alfred Hill
Rayner Hoff

Alfred Hill, 1936

Portrait, cast plaster, patinated on wooden base

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000

Rayner Hoff
Rayner Hoff
Rayner Hoff
Harold Cazneaux

Rayner Hoff, 1924

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Robert H. Black MD
Robert H. Black MD
Robert H. Black MD
Nora Heysen AM

Robert H. Black MD, c. 1950

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #6
Soft cap #6
Soft cap #6
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #6, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #2
Soft cap #2
Soft cap #2
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #2, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #3
Soft cap #3
Soft cap #3
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #3, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #4
Soft cap #4
Soft cap #4
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #4, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #5
Soft cap #5
Soft cap #5
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #5, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Soft cap #1
Soft cap #1
Soft cap #1
Anne Ferran

Soft cap #1, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir James Martin
Sir James Martin
Sir James Martin
Henry Samuel Sadd after Freeman Brothers

Sir James Martin, c. 1880s

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

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

Chicka Dixon
Chicka Dixon
Chicka Dixon
Juno Gemes

Chicka Dixon, 1980

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'
John Davis

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman', c. 1869

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010

by Sophie Hyde To Look Away – Tilda, 2015. Duration: 18 minutes

To Look Away – Tilda, 2015

by Sophie Hyde
General content

Finalist, DPA 2016

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Bridget Elliot

Biography

Bridget Elliot (b. 1958), photographer, is acknowledged for her significant portraits of Australian composers and musical performers.

1 portrait in the collection

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