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Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol, 1867
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid down on a section cut from a nineteenth century album page
Purchased 2019
John Clarke
Biography
John Clarke (1948-2017), satirist and humourist, moved to Australia in the 1970s from New Zealand, where he had begun performing in university revues and was named Entertainer of the Year in 1976.
3 portraits in the collection
Mentor Harley Manifold
Matthew Clarke
Image
Peter Russell-Clarke
Biography
Peter Russell-Clarke, cook, started his career as a freelance cartoonist, working for advertising agencies in Australia and overseas.
1 portrait in the collection
Sarah-Jane Clarke AM
Biography
Sarah-Jane 'Sass' Clarke AM (b. 1974) and Heidi 'Bide' Middleton AM (b.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Russell-Clarke
'Use whatever colour you like'
Portrait story
Peter Russell-Clarke on colour in painting and cooking.
David Clarke, 1995 (printed 2018)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Self portrait, 2004
Peter Russell-Clarke
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Peter Russell-Clarke
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
John Clarke, 2004
Julian Kingma
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Fred Dagg (John Clarke), 1982
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Humour’s warm refuge
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2017
Angus Trumble pays tribute to John Clarke.
Elegance in exile
Portrait drawings from colonial Australia
Previous exhibition, 2012
Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847
an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton
Portrait, daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Purchased 2001
Portrait of Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke (Sass & Bide), 2008
Deborah Paauwe
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003