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Walter Withers
Biography
Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.
1 portrait in the collection
The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896
David Davies
Portrait, pastel on paper
Purchased 2009
Googie Withers AO
Biography
Georgette Lizette (Googie) Withers AO (1917–2011), stage, film and television actor, was born in India and studied drama at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
1 portrait in the collection
Googie Withers, 1962
Don Bachardy
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Professor H. Rodney Withers, 2004
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Walter Lindrum OBE
Biography
Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Lindrum
'Wally and the game of billiards'
Portrait story
A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.
H. Walter Barnett
Biography
H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.
12 portraits in the collection
Walter Preston
Biography
Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Langhammer
Biography
Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
1 portrait in the collection
Legends
The Art of Walter Barnett 1862-1934
Previous exhibition, 2001
A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.
Winston Churchill
Walter Sickert
Image
Walter Lindrum OBE, c. 1932
Will Longstaff
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006
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 Samuel Walter Griffith
Biography
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith (1845-1920), chief justice and premier, was born in Wales and came to Australia aged eight with his minister father and family.A top student, at the University of Sydney Griffith excelled at classics and mathematics; the Mort scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG
Biography
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.
1 portrait in the collection