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Perry, Kemp & Co
Biography
Kemp, Perry & Co. operated from 81 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, between 1873 and 1875.
1 portrait in the collection
Reverend Edward Puckle, 1875
Perry, Kemp & Co
Portrait, carte de visite photograph, hand coloured on card
Purchased 2013
Sarah Fairfax
Biography
Sarah Reading (1808-1875) came to Sydney from England in 1838 with her husband, John Fairfax (1805-1877), who had left school at the age of twelve and been apprenticed to a printer and bookseller.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. John Fairfax MLC
Biography
John Fairfax (1805-1877) was a newspaper publisher whose purchase of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1841 began a family association with the paper that would last for over five generations and nearly 150 years.
3 portraits in the collection
John Fairfax, 1873
Charles Summers
Portrait, carrara marble
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Fairfax, mid to late 19th century
Achille Simonetti
Portrait, carrara marble on scagliola column
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
A gift for all ages
Magazine article by Rod Kemp, 2003
The then Minister for the Arts and Sport, Rod Kemp, reflects on the value of the Cultural Gifts Program.
H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle), 1889
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2014
Elizabeth Fairfax
Biography
Elizabeth Fairfax (née Jesson, 1778–1861), colonial free settler, was born in Birmingham and around 1800 married William Fairfax, whose family had previously held estates in Barford, Warwickshire.
1 portrait in the collection
Patrick McCaughey, 1985
Fred Cress
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Portrait of Mrs Fairfax, n.d.
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Fairfax, c. 1860
Edwin Dalton
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Henry Searle
Biography
Henry Searle (1886–1889), a sculler known as the ‘Clarence River Comet’, took up rowing as a boy as a means of getting himself and his siblings to and from school.
1 portrait in the collection
Australian Tapestry Workshop
Biography
The Australian Tapestry Workshop (formerly the Victorian Tapestry Workshop) was established in 1976, following two years of planning and research on the part of its founding patrons, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Lady Joyce Delacombe.
2 portraits in the collection