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Sydney Ure Smith
Biography
Sydney Ure Smith, publisher, was responsible for the establishment of Art in Australia in 1916-1942 and the journals The Home and Australian National Journal.
1 portrait in the collection
Sydney Ure Smith, 1948
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, half tone on paper
Purchased 1999
(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being, 2023-2024
Emily Hunt
Portrait, etching on paper
Purchased 2024
Sydney Ancher
Biography
Sydney Ancher (1904-1980), architect, graduated from Sydney Tech College in 1930.
1 portrait in the collection
Sydney Ancher, c. 1962
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The Swiss Studios, Sydney
Biography
The Swiss Studios opened in King Street, Sydney in early 1898, operating from a building described as a 'pleasing reminder of one of those delightful old Swiss chalets, which one always associates with Alpine travel.' The elaborate establishment boasted a first-floor reception room, 'beautifully decorated and luxuriously furnished', 'tastefully arranged dressing rooms, one for ladies and the other for gentlemen', and a 'lofty, cool and well-lit gallery' where 'the best artists in the photographic line' were at work.
1 portrait in the collection
Sydney Edward Gregory
Biography
Sydney Edward Gregory (1870–1929) was born on the site of the Sydney Cricket Ground, the son of batsman Ned Gregory (1839–1899), who was one of five boys from the same family who all played cricket at national or international level.
1 portrait in the collection
Talma Studios, Sydney
Biography
Talma Studios opened in Sydney in March 1899 in a George Street premises next door to the GPO.
1 portrait in the collection
Ada Evans, c. 1902-1911
The Swiss Studios, Sydney
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper mounted on card
Purchased 2021
Thomas Townshend, Lord Viscount Sydney
Biography
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (1733-1800) was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay.
1 portrait in the collection
Syd Gregory (Sydney Edward Gregory, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Ada Crossley, 1903
Talma Studios, Sydney
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia tone on paper on card
Purchased 2022
Robert O'Hara Burke, c. 1860
Melbourne and Sydney Photographic Co
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Pixie O'Harris, c. 1951
an unknown artist, The Sydney Morning Herald
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Peronelle Windeyer 2012
Lord Viscount Sydney, c. 1790
John Young after Gilbert Stuart
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Society of Artists Selection Committee, 1907
Henry King
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008