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Sir Alec N. Broers
Biography
Alec Nigel Broers, Lord Broers FRS, HonFMedSci, FREng (b. 1938) was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1996 to 2003.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Alec Nigel Broers, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Alec Murray
Biography
Alec Murray was a photographer whose Alec Murray's Album: Personalities of Australia was published by Sydney Ure Smith in about 1948.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Alec Campbell, 2001-2004
Terry Eichler
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Alec Baker, 2021
Robert Fielding
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
The Merioola Group, 1940s
Alec Murray
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Alec Hope, c. 1985 (printed 2007)
David Brooks
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
A D Hope and his circle
Previous exhibition, 2007
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of poet Alec Derwent Hope AC OBE (1907-2000), the National Portrait Gallery exhibited a selection from its many portraits of Australian poets and authors.
The first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America, 1878
A & G Taylor
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Rosemary Dobson, 1981
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Professor A D Hope, Canberra, 1963 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver 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.
2022 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
First Australian first-class cricket team
Biography
The ‘first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America’ was in fact the second Australian cricket side to contest matches internationally (a team of Indigenous players having done so in 1868), but it is considered the first official national representative team to tour overseas.
1 portrait in the collection
Krystal Seigerman
Finalist interviews
The photograph was a brief, candid moment, which unfolded into a portrait. Peter and I were in Silverton, NSW, chatting as our students explored the town. The weak afternoon light suddenly became dramatic and defined, so I asked Peter if I could take his portrait.
Max Dupain
The Vintage Years
Previous exhibition, 2003
During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people
The bright-eyed Mariner
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008
A new colonial portrait brings a zealous captain near.