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Theresa and James Laidley Mort, 1844
William Nicholas
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Gift of the Mort family 2009
Tiny Trace of a Colonial Giant
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
At just 7.8 x 6.2 cm, the daguerreotype of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa is one of the smallest works in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847
an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton
Portrait, daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Purchased 2001
Theresa Mort
Biography
Theresa Shepheard Mort (née Laidley, 1820-1869), colonial spouse, was one of eight children of civil servant James Laidley and his wife Eliza Jane (née Shepheard).
2 portraits in the collection
Mr David Mort
Biography
States of significance: NSW.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
Biography
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878) was a merchant, shipbuilder, wool broker and pioneer of the technique of freezing meat for export.
1 portrait in the collection
Theresa Walker
Biography
Theresa Walker is acknowledged as Australia’s first female sculptor.
3 portraits in the collection
Theresa Byrnes
Biography
Theresa Byrnes (b. 1969) is a painter, writer and performance artist who first exhibited her paintings in 1986 at the age of sixteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Theresa Byrnes, 1999
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir George Grey, c. 1845
Theresa Walker
Portrait, cast wax
Purchased 1999
Mrs Grey, c. 1845
Theresa Walker
Portrait, cast wax
Purchased 1999
Sir John Franklin, c. 1846
Theresa Walker after David D'Angers
Portrait, cast wax
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Mr Richard Goldsbrough
Biography
Richard Goldsbrough (1821–1886) was a butcher’s son from Shipley, Yorkshire, who became a leading Australian woolbroker.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Colin Syme AK
Biography
Sir Colin Syme AK (1903-1986) was chairman of BHP from 1952 to1971. Born in Perth, he attended Scotch College in Claremont, the universities of Perth and Melbourne and the University of New South Wales before becoming a solicitor in the Melbourne firm of Hedderwick, Fookes and Alston in 1923.
1 portrait in the collection
2009
Portrait Donors
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith
Biography
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith (1845-1920), chief justice and premier, was born in Wales and came to Australia aged eight with his minister father and family.A top student, at the University of Sydney Griffith excelled at classics and mathematics; the Mort scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe.
2 portraits in the collection