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Portraits

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, between 1951 and 1953

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of the artist 2000

Janet Vernon

Janet Vernon

Janet Vernon

Janet Vernon, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney, 1966 (printed 2000)

Portrait, type C 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.

Summer 1986

Summer 1986

Summer 1986

Summer 1986, 1986

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2000, part gift of Michael Boddy

Chris Dickins

Chris Dickins

Chris Dickins

Chris Dickins, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter

Bill Hunter, 1974

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta

Joseph Cotta, 1984

Portrait, pastel on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Gladys Cotta

Gladys Cotta

Gladys Cotta

Gladys Cotta, 1984

Portrait, pastel on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting

Michael with beetroot sprouting, 2008

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2015

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court, 2001 (printed 2011)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle", 1945

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Anne and Brennan Keats 2009

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016

Portrait, print on transparency film

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016

Alexander Maurice Ramsay

Alexander Maurice Ramsay

Alexander Maurice Ramsay

Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978

Robert Hannaford AM

Portrait, oil on composition board

Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tony Mitchell

Tony Mitchell

Tony Mitchell

Tony Mitchell, 1975 (printed 2001)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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