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Ruby, Norman, Pearl, Percy, Reg, Bill Dyson and Mary in Creswick garden, c. 1899
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Melodrama..., c. 1900
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Norman, Kodak, Rose, J.F Archibald, model and John Barr, c. 1913
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Ruby Linsday, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, c. 1910
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Norman and Jack, c. 1903
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Society of Artists Selection Committee, 1907
Henry King
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Rose Lindsay
Biography
Rose Lindsay (née Soady, 1885-1978), artist's model, posed for Sydney Long, Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Fred Leist before she met Norman Lindsay in 1902.
5 portraits 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
Percy Lindsay
Biography
Percy Lindsay (1870-1952), artist, was the eldest child of Robert and Jane Lindsay, born, as were his nine siblings, in Creswick, Victoria.
4 portraits in the collection
The Jester (Self Portrait) by Lionel Lindsay
'Comedy of Life'
Portrait story
A visual exploration of themes depicted in 'The Jester' by Lionel Lindsay.
Norman Lindsay
Biography
Norman Lindsay (1879-1969), artist, cartoonist, and writer, came from a family that produced five artists.
14 portraits in the collection
Ruby Lindsay
Biography
Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919), artist and illustrator, left home at 16 and went to Melbourne where she studied at the National Gallery School.
3 portraits in the collection
Norman Lindsay, 1920s
Boz
Portrait, pen and ink wash on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Norman Lindsay
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Lionel Lindsay, 1928
C.H.
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
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.