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Professor Carrick Chambers AM
Biography
Professor Carrick Chambers AM (b. 1930) is a botantist who was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney from 1986 to 1996.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor Carrick Chambers AM, 1985
Michael Meszaros
Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001
Thomas Heathfield Carrick
Biography
Thomas Heathfield Carrick, miniature painter, grew up in Carlisle, where he trained and traded as a chemist, painting miniatures in his spare time.
1 portrait in the collection
Kasey Chambers
Biography
Kasey Chambers (b. 1976) was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, into a musical family.
1 portrait in the collection
Lord John Russell, 1844
Samuel Bellin after Thomas Heathfield Carrick
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Charles Haddon Chambers
Biography
Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921), playwright and dramatist, grew up in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Kasey Chambers, Sydney, 2004
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Charles Haddon Chambers, 1921
Ralph Barton
Portrait, ink and watercolour on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Suave
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Charles Haddon Chambers the Australian-born playboy playwright settled permanently in London in 1880 but never lost his Australian stance when satirising the English.
Reg Grundy, 1992 (cast 2003)
Nigel Boonham
Portrait, cast bronze on marble base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr John Chambers 2003
E. Phillips Fox
Biography
Between 1887 and 1892 Emanuel Phillips Fox studied and painted in France and England.
1 portrait in the collection
Face the Music
Previous exhibition, 2005
Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry
George Baird Shaw
Biography
George Baird Shaw (1812-1883), painter and printmaker, arrived in Australia in 1856.
2 portraits in the collection
Reg Grundy AC OBE
Biography
Reg Grundy AC OBE (1925-2016), television producer, was the director, founder and major shareholder of RG Capital Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd.
2 portraits in the collection
The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876
The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
Rod McGeoch
Biography
Rod McGeoch AM (b. 1946) studied law at the University of Sydney before joining the ABC to forge a long career as a law reporter, commentator and spokesman; with Margaret Throsby, he won the Golden Gavel Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting.
1 portrait in the collection