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John Witzig
Biography
John Witzig, photographer, writer and designer, contributed his first piece to Surfing World in 1963.
5 portraits in the collection
Nat in Hawaii, 1967
John Witzig
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2008
Bopping Bob McTavish, c. 1965 (printed 2012)
John Witzig
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Mark Richards, 1976
John Witzig
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2007
Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach, 1964
John Witzig
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2007
Arcadia
Sound of the sea
Previous exhibition, 2014
An exhibition of photographs by John Witzig, drawings by Nicholas Harding and film footage by Albe Falzon, expressive of the free-spirited, hot-blooded energy of Australian surfers under the cloud of conscription to Vietnam.
Arcadia (Wayne Lynch and Bob McTavish), 1969 (reprinted 2011)
John Witzig
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2011
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-sl.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-ths.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013
Lieutenant Watts, 1789
John Sherwin after Samuel Shelley
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Edward John Eyre, Late Governor of Jamaica, 1867
John Brown after H Hering
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2003
Captain Sir John Franklin, 1830
John Thomson after William Derby
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
General Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, c. 1840
John R. Jackson after John Linnell
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2018
John Roper, 1860s
John Buchanan Smith
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Sandefur 2019
Professor Ralph Blacket, 1994
John Caldwell
Portrait, mixed media on archival mount board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2017
John Laws, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999