Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2018
Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.
31 portraits in the collection
Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (1887-1972), bacteriologist, was educated at Sydney Grammar and the University of Sydney before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 and proceeding to Oxford.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Ashleigh Wadman rediscovers the Australian characters represented with a kindly touch by the British portrait artist Leslie Ward for the society magazine Vanity Fair.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Purchased 2002
Purchased 2015
Purchased 2014
Purchased 2015
Purchased 2014
Purchased 2015
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
