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Francis Russell Nixon

Francis Nixon

Francis Russell Nixon (1803-1879) photographer, artist and Anglican clergyman, arrived in Hobart in 1843 to take up the role of Bishop of Tasmania.

2 portraits in the collection

Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti, n.d.

Stuart Campbell

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee, 1921 (printed by Max Dupain 1981)

Harold Cazneaux, Max Dupain OBE

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the Simpson Family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

Gwyn Hannsen Pigott

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott AM (1935–2013) was a self-described potter, whose international reputation was built on her exquisite still-life assemblages of refined, spare vessels in subtle colours and shapes.

1 portrait in the collection

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Shane Gould

Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers.

Tetsuya Wakuda

Tetsuya Wakuda

Tetsuya Wakuda

Tetsuya Wakuda, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Elizabeth Walford

Elizabeth Walford

Francis William Barnard Walford (1821–1896), businessman and landowner, was born in Hobart, the son of Barnard Walford (1801–1846), a publican and victualler; and the grandson of Barnard Walford senior (c.

1 portrait in the collection

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I)

Russell Hopkinson (You Am I), 1995

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I)

Tim Rogers (You Am I), 1995

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Dick Düsseldorp

Dick Düsseldorp

Dick Düsseldorp

Dick Düsseldorp, 1991 (printed 2018)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2018

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee

William Hardy Wilson

William Hardy Wilson (1881-1955) - or Hardy Wilson, as he styled himself - is regarded as one of the most significant and visionary Australian architects of the twentieth century.

1 portrait in the collection

A Collins Street Surgeon

James G. Beaney

James George Beaney (1828–1891), doctor and philanthropist, completed an apprenticeship to a surgeon in his home town of Canterbury, Kent, before leaving to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

1 portrait in the collection

John Burton

John Burton

John Burton (1915-2010), public servant, author and academic, was educated in Sydney and at the London School of Economics, where he gained his doctorate on a Public Service Scholarship in 1942.

1 portrait in the collection

David Unaipon

David Unaipon

David Unaipon (1872-1967) writer, public speaker and inventor, was a Ngarrindjeri man, fourth of nine children of the evangelist James Ngunaitponi and his wife Nymbulda, both of whom were Yaraldi speakers.

1 portrait in the collection

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon

A Collins Street Surgeon "Patients and Diamonds" [Dr Beaney F.R.C.S.], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

John Farnham

Glossy - Faces Magazines Now

Previous exhibition, 1999

Magazines are the portrait galleries of the 90s... Glossy is about magazines. The exhibition presents the work of eight photographers, Australian by birth or long-term residency, who are producing portraits for publication in magazines around the world.

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