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Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Diana Warnes explores the lives of Hal and Katherine 'Kate' Hattam through their portraits painted by Fred Williams and Clifton Pugh.
Hal Hattam
Biography
Harold 'Hal' Hattam (1913-1994), doctor, artist and art collector, came to Australia from his native Scotland at the age of seven.
1 portrait in the collection
Kate Hattam
Biography
Kathleen 'Kate' Hattam (1923–2004), stylesetter and art collector, was born in London and served with the Women’s Royal Air Force during the Second World War, stationed in radar at Beachey Head.
1 portrait in the collection
Hal Hattam, 1960
Fred Williams
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hattam family in memory of Hal and Kate Hattam 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
A Portrait (Kate Hattam), 1956
Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on board
Purchased 2006
Frances Samuel
Biography
Frances Samuel (1818-c. 1898) was a member of one of early Sydney's most significant Jewish settler families.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Perry
Biography
Frances Perry (1815-1892) met Charles Perry through her brother, a student at Cambridge, and after they married, the couple lived at St Paul’s Cambridge, where he was vicar, for six years.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Saville
Biography
Frances Saville (1865-1935), soprano, came to Australia from San Francisco as a small child.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Alda
Biography
Frances Alda (1879–1952) was one of the world's greatest sopranos. Born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claims her as a prominent expatriate, she was raised in Melbourne, where she began singing operetta in 1897.
2 portraits in the collection
Frances Alda
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1937
Miss Frances Samuel, 1840
Maurice Felton
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2011
Frances Perry, c. 1863
Batchelder & O'Neill
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Purchased 2012
Frances Saville, 1903
Reutlinger Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1912
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1918
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006
Frances (Fanny) Cato, 1933
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.