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Edward Knox

Edward Knox

Edward Knox

Edward Knox, c. 1855

an unknown artist

Portrait, daguerreotype

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010

Dr Edward MacMahon

Dr Edward MacMahon

Dr Edward MacMahon

Dr Edward MacMahon, 1959

Sir William Dobell OBE

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of the MacMahon family in affectionate memory of Edward MacMahon and William Dobell 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Captain Francis de Groot

Captain Francis Edward de Groot

Francis Edward de Groot (1888-1969) was born in Dublin and came to Australia in 1910.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop

Colonel Edward (Weary) Dunlop AC CMG OBE

Sir Edward (‘Weary’) Dunlop AC CMG OBE (1907–1993) was a surgeon, who as a prisoner-of-war on the infamous Burma Railway used his medical skills to save the lives of a great number of allied POWs.

2 portraits in the collection

Sir Edward Hallstrom

Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom

Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom (1886–1970) manufacturer, philanthropist and zoo trustee, grew up with his eight siblings in Waterloo, Sydney, after the family left the failed family farm in Coonamble, New South Wales.

3 portraits in the collection

Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, River Kwai, Thailand

Edward 'Weary' Dunlop

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1983

Reverend Edward Puckle

Reverend Edward Puckle

Reverend Edward Puckle

Reverend Edward Puckle, 1875

Perry, Kemp & Co

Portrait, carte de visite photograph, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2013

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch, 1968 (printed 2010)

Portrait, inkjet print on hahnemuhle 100% cotton rag paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Enrico Taglietti

Enrico Taglietti

Enrico Taglietti

Enrico Taglietti, c. 1985

Edward Richards

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Part of the crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the boats

Part of the crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the boats

Part of the crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the boats

Part of the crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the boats, 1790

Portrait, aquatint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Colonel Charles E. Merrett

Colonel Charles E. Merrett

Colonel Charles E. Merrett

Colonel Charles E. Merrett, 1925

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Ed Murrow, New York

Ed Murrow, New York

Ed Murrow, New York

Ed Murrow, New York, 1956 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

Purchased 2009

A Commissioner of Customs

A Commissioner of Customs

A Commissioner of Customs

A Commissioner of Customs "Faithful to Francis" [The Hon. Edward Cohen M.L.A.], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Sir Edward Holden

Sir Edward Holden

Sir Edward Holden

Sir Edward Holden, 1945

Portrait, cast bronze on granite base

Bequest of John J Holden 2005

Edward Hargraves

Edward Hargraves

Edward Hargraves

Edward Hargraves, c. 1884

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

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