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John Gould

John Gould

John Gould

John Gould, 1849

Thomas Herbert Maguire, M & N Hanhart

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal

Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal, c. 1950s

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008

Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby

Judicial portraits

Magazine article by Leslie Moran, 2007

Leslie Moran investigates the portraits of judges in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, early 1970s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, n.d.

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Play, 2010 by Sarah Rhodes

Play, 2010

by Sarah Rhodes

Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs

H.C. Coombs

Herbert Cole ('Nugget') Coombs (1906–1997) was the governor of the Commonwealth (later Reserve) Bank of Australia from 1949 to 1968.

3 portraits in the collection

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Elliott and Fry

Elliott & Fry, a photography studio and photographic film manufacturer, was founded in 1863 at 55-56 Baker Street, London by Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry.

2 portraits in the collection

Smoky Dawson, Sydney

Smoky Dawson

Herbert 'Smoky' Dawson MBE (1913-2008), entertainer, began his musical career in 1934 with a series of live broadcasts on Melbourne's Radio 3UZ - the first broadcasts of their kind in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Herb Elliott

Herb Elliott AC MBE

James Herbert 'Herb' Elliott AC MBE (b. 1938), runner, won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Rome Olympics in 1960.

1 portrait in the collection

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887

Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

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Head of H.C. Coombs, c. 1972 (cast 2018)

Portrait, bronze

Purchased 2018

Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener, n.d.

Portrait, carved Jarrah

Purchased 2016

Ethel Turner

Ethel Turner

Ethel Turner (1870-1958), writer, came to Australia with her twice-widowed mother at the age of nine.

1 portrait in the collection

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, 2018

Portrait, oil on linen

Gift of the artist 2019 acknowledging Herbert Smith Freehills for supporting the creation of the portrait

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