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Professor Peter Doherty

Professor Peter Doherty AC

Professor Peter Doherty (b. 1940), immunologist, shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996 for his discoveries about how the immune system recognises virus-infected cells.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Peter Russell-Clarke

Peter Russell-Clarke, cook, started his career as a freelance cartoonist, working for advertising agencies in Australia and overseas.

1 portrait in the collection

The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

Peter Purves Smith

Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), artist, went to Geelong Grammar with his lifelong friend Russell Drysdale.

2 portraits in the collection

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of Richard Elliott 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Peter Abeles, TNT Ansett

Sir Peter Abeles, TNT Ansett

Sir Peter Abeles, TNT Ansett

Sir Peter Abeles, TNT Ansett, n.d.

Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard Elliott 2016
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard Elliott 2016
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for portrait of Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard Elliott
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2016

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard Elliott
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2016

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott

Study for the portrait of Peter Elliott, 1964

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard Elliott
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2016

Mike Smith

Mike Smith

Mike Smith

Mike Smith, 2007 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Eve 2013

Gay Bilson

Gay Bilson

Gay Bilson

Gay Bilson, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 2004

Peter Russell-Clarke

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Songman, portrait of Kev Carmody

Songman, portrait of Kev Carmody

Songman, portrait of Kev Carmody

Songman, portrait of Kev Carmody, 2006

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board

Courtesy of Kev Carmody, Song Cycles Pty Ltd.

Mem Fox

Mem Fox

Mem Fox

Mem Fox, 2021

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Peronelle Windeyer 2021

Mal Meninga

Mal Meninga

Mal Meninga

Mal Meninga, 2018

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018

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