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Annie Edensor Roberts
Biography
Charles Warman Roberts married Annie Edensor Marsden (1824-1895) in Sydney in June 1845.
1 portrait in the collection
Annie Roberts, 1878
George Baird Shaw
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Reg, Lesley, Glen and Paul Thoms 2011
Portrait of Mrs Tom Roberts, 1910
Tom Roberts
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2013
Annie May Moore
Biography
Annie May Moore (1881-1931) was born in New Zealand and studied at the Elam School of Art and Design in Auckland.
5 portraits in the collection
Annie Butler, 1859
Lucy Meadows
Portrait, watercolour and pencil on buff board
Purchased 2019
Colonel Kathleen Annie Louise Best OBE RRC
Biography
Kathleen Best OBE RRC (1910–1957), nurse and officer, grew up in Sydney where she completed nursing and midwifery training.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Brennan, 1927
Annie May Moore
Portrait, carbon print on paper
Purchased 2014
George Lambert, c. 1928
Annie May Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Rose Scott, 1913
Annie May Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE
Biography
Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE (1876–1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying David Sykes Boyd, a wool buyer, and returning with him to England.
1 portrait in the collection
Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Florence Cardell-Oliver, n.d.
Broothorn Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper laid on photography studio backing board
Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016
TW Edgeworth David and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1924
Annie May Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Alfred Hill, c. 1911-1913
May and Mina Moore photographic studio, Annie May Moore, Minnie Louise Moore
Portrait, photograph on paper on card mounted on canvas
Gift of Catherine Dwyer 2021
Tom Roberts
Biography
Tom Roberts (1856–1931), artist, came to Australia from England at the age of 13, but returned eight years later to study art in London.
9 portraits in the collection
Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG
Biography
Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG (b. 1978), former Australian Army soldier, is the recipient of the Medal for Gallantry in 2006, the Victoria Cross in 2011 and the Commendation for Distinguished Service in 2013.In 2017, Roberts-Smith’s military service came under scrutiny as a result of an inquiry – commonly known as the Brereton Report – into questions of unlawful conduct on the part of Australian military personnel in Afghanistan.
1 portrait in the collection