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John Russell
Biography
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell KG GCMG PC (1792 –1878) was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1839 to 1841 and served twice as Prime Minister of Great Britain, in 1846-1852 and 1865-1866.
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
Woburn Sheepshearing, 1811
Thomas Morris, M N. Bates, Joseph C. Stadler after George Garrard
Portrait, aquatint with stipple and etching and engraving, hand coloured on chine colle on paper laid down on cotton stretched over wooden strainer
Purchased 2018
The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, 1941
Russell Drysdale
Portrait, pen and pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Lady Maisie Drysdale 2001
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-sl.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
![John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]](/files/e/4/6/6/i14565-ths.jpg "John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]")
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Russell Sands
Biography
Clem, George, David, Alfie and Russell Sands were members of one of Australia's most famous sporting families.
2 portraits in the collection
Russell Drysdale
Biography
Sir Russell Drysdale AC (1912-1981), painter, developed eye trouble in 1929, and had to leave boarding school for the first of many eye treatments which left him fearful of total blindness.
6 portraits in the collection
Russell Shakespeare
Biography
Russell Shakespeare (b. 1963) has photographed well-known Australians from a wide range of fields, including writers Tim Winton and Colleen McCullough, sports people Steve Waugh and Stephanie Gilmore, and former politicians Gough Whitlam and Bob Brown.
2 portraits in the collection
Russell Crowe
Biography
Russell Crowe (b. 1964), actor, was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He moved at the age of four to Australia, where his parents worked as caterers on TV and movie sets.
2 portraits in the collection
Russell Page
Biography
Russell Page (1968–2002), choreographer, dancer and actor, was from the Nunukul (Noonuccal) people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh people of south-east Queensland.
5 portraits in the collection
Russell Drysdale
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1960
The artist Marc Clark, 2019
Russell Shakespeare
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
Peter Russell-Clarke
'Use whatever colour you like'
Portrait story
Peter Russell-Clarke on colour in painting and cooking.
Russell Drysdale, c. 1949
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003
Russell Drysdale, 1960
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program