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W.A. Bowring

Biography

Walter Bowring, born and educated in Auckland, contributed cartoons to the New Zealand observer and The weekly press, exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts and studied with Orpen and John in London, where he contributed to Punch, before arriving in Sydney in 1925.

3 portraits in the collection

Family portrait

Fiona Bowring

Image

Portrait of Sir James Oswald Fairfax, 1929

W.A. Bowring

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Mr Geoffrey E. Fairfax, 1929

W.A. Bowring

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926

W.A. Bowring

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011

Walter Lindrum OBE

Biography

Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Lindrum

'Wally and the game of billiards'

Portrait story

A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.

H. Walter Barnett

Biography

H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.

12 portraits in the collection

Walter Withers

Biography

Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Preston

Biography

Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Langhammer

Biography

Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.

1 portrait in the collection

Legends

The Art of Walter Barnett 1862-1934

Previous exhibition, 2001

A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.

Winston Churchill

Walter Sickert

Image

Walter Lindrum OBE, c. 1932

Will Longstaff

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006

Ernest Walter Histed

Biography

Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.

1 portrait in the collection

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

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG

Biography

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter Frederick Gale

Biography

Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945), banker and astronomer, joined the Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1888.

1 portrait in the collection

Walter A Gale, 1917

Boz

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Corroboree, or Dance of the Natives of New South Wales

Corroboree, or Dance of the Natives of New South Wales, 1820

Walter Preston

Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper

Purchased 2013

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896

David Davies

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2009

Sir Walter Crocker, 1995

Meredith Russell

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Robert Crocker 2003

Cannonical

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007

Walter Lindrum, world-famous billiards player, was one of Australia's greatest sporting champions.

Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V)