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Peter Porter OAM
Biography
Peter Porter OAM (1929-2010), poet and critic, moved from Brisbane to London in 1951 at age 22.
2 portraits in the collection
Chester Porter QC
Biography
From the age of thirteen Chester Porter QC (1926–2021) knew he wanted to be a barrister.
1 portrait in the collection
Dorothy Porter
Biography
Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), poet and writer, grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1975 and taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Garth Porter
Biography
Garth Porter, keyboardist and songwriter, was half the brains behind 'Howzat', 'Summer Love' and 'Cassandra' as well as many tracks now lost in obscurity like 'I Wanna Lay With You', 'Handy Mandy' and 'Free the Sailor'.
3 portraits in the collection
Susie Porter
Biography
Newcastle-born Susie Porter (b. 1971) always knew she wanted to be an actor.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Goldberg
Biography
Jean Nethercote (now Goldberg) first met Ola Cohn when she took a life class in Cohn's studio in the mid-50s.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Bellette
Biography
Jean Bellette (1908-1991), painter, studied in her native Hobart before moving to Sydney to train with Julian Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Shepeard
Biography
Jean Shepeard was an actress and artist who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Isherwood OAM
Biography
Jean Isherwood OAM (1911–2006), artist, was born in Marrickville and won a scholarship to the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Appleton
Biography
Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter and art teacher, studied at the East Sydney Technical College, completing a diploma in drawing and illustration in 1932.
5 portraits in the collection
Jean Baptiste Guth
Biography
French artist Jean Baptiste Guth was a regular contributor of portraits to Vanity Fair during the late 1880s and throughout the 1890s.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Francois Rigaud
Biography
Jean François Rigaud, French/ Italian artist, trained in Italy, where he became a member of the Bologna Academy in 1766.
1 portrait in the collection
Ferdinand Jean Joubert
Biography
Ferdinand Jean Joubert was a photographer and engraver. Born in Paris, Joubert studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and began working as an engraver around 1830.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Jean MacNamara DBE
Biography
Dame Jean Macnamara DBE (1899–1968), medical doctor and scientist, was involved in crucial research into poliomyelitis during the 1920s and 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. Linda Jean Burney
Biography
The Hon. Linda Jean Burney MP (b. 1957), a Wiradjuri woman, is the first First Nations person elected to the New South Wales parliament, and the first First Nations woman to serve in the federal House of Representatives.
2 portraits in the collection
Jean-François de Galaup La Perouse
Biography
Jean-François de Galaup la Pérouse, Comte de la Pérouse (1741-1788), navigator, joined the French navy as a boy, rising to the rank of captain and serving with distinction and humanity in campaigns against the English in Hudson Bay in 1782.
4 portraits in the collection