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Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM (b. 1930) is a botantist who was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney from 1986 to 1996.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM, 1985

Michael Meszaros

Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001

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Thomas Heathfield Carrick

Thomas Heathfield Carrick, miniature painter, grew up in Carlisle, where he trained and traded as a chemist, painting miniatures in his spare time.

1 portrait in the collection

Kasey Chambers, Sydney

Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers (b. 1976) was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, into a musical family.

1 portrait in the collection

Lord John Russell

Lord John Russell

Lord John Russell

Lord John Russell, 1844

Samuel Bellin after Thomas Heathfield Carrick

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Charles Haddon Chambers

Charles Haddon Chambers

Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921), playwright and dramatist, grew up in Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Kasey Chambers, Sydney

Kasey Chambers, Sydney

Kasey Chambers, Sydney

Kasey Chambers, Sydney, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Charles Haddon Chambers

Charles Haddon Chambers

Charles Haddon Chambers

Charles Haddon Chambers, 1921

Portrait, ink and watercolour on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Charles Haddon Chambers

Suave

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010

Charles Haddon Chambers the Australian-born playboy playwright settled permanently in London in 1880 but never lost his Australian stance when satirising the English.

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy, 1992 (cast 2003)

Portrait, cast bronze on marble base

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr John Chambers 2003

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E. Phillips Fox

Between 1887 and 1892 Emanuel Phillips Fox studied and painted in France and England.

1 portrait in the collection

Rosemary Madigan

Rosemary Madigan

Rosemary Madigan (1926–2019) was one of Australia's most respected sculptors.

3 portraits in the collection

Paul Kelly

Face the Music

Previous exhibition, 2005

Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry

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George Baird Shaw

George Baird Shaw (1812-1883), painter and printmaker, arrived in Australia in 1856.

2 portraits in the collection

Reg Grundy

Reg Grundy AC OBE

Reg Grundy AC OBE (1925-2016), television producer, was the director, founder and major shareholder of RG Capital Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd.

2 portraits in the collection

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876

The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

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