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Ernest Hutcheson
Biography
Ernest Hutcheson (1871-1951), pianist, composer and music teacher, started performing at the age of five.
1 portrait in the collection
Ernest Hutcheson, n.d.
an unknown artist
Portrait, carbon print photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Ernest Buckmaster
Biography
Ernest Buckmaster grew up in country Victoria, where his facility for art was recognised early on.
1 portrait in the collection
Ernest Giles
Biography
Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer, came to Australia at the age of fifteen, settling in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ernest Fisk
Biography
Sir Ernest Fisk (1886-1965), radio pioneer and businessman, began his career as one of the earliest wireless telegraphists in the British Post Office.
2 portraits in the collection
Ernest Buckmaster
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ernest Fisk, n.d. (after 1937)
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Jane Fisk 2012
Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk and black ink on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Harold Blair, 1948
Ernest Buckmaster
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Nellie Melba, 1898
Ernest Walter Histed
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
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
The Jester (self portrait), 1923
Lionel Lindsay
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Gift of Sir Richard Kingsland AO CBE DFC 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Percy Spence
Biography
Percy Spence, born in Balmain, grew up in Fiji and began art classes in Sydney in about 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Lionel Lindsay
Biography
Sir Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961), graphic artist, was the brother of Norman, Percy, Daryl and Ruby Lindsay and shared with his siblings an early obsession with drawing and printmaking.
5 portraits in the collection
Karsh
Faces of the Twentieth Century
Previous exhibition, 1998
Yousuf Karsh - the most famous portrait photographer in the world - has photographed the statesmen, artists, literary and scientific figures who have defined the 20th century and shaped our lives, In this, his 90th year, the National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of Karsh's photography of 20th century figures.