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Australian Tapestry Workshop, Merrill Dumbrell, Christopher Pyett, Normana Wight
Portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 2000
Portrait, warp: cotton No.12 seinetwine; weft: wool and cotton
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2000
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE
Biography
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE (1909–2012), philanthropist, was the widow of Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of the publisher, Rupert Murdoch.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002
The story behind the commissioning of the tapesty portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.
Danila Vassilieff
Sir Keith Murdoch, 1944
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Serafin Martinez and Thai Loi 2013
Ben Baker
Rupert Murdoch, 2005
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
'Weaving the Dame'
Portrait story
An interview with Victorian Tapestry Workshop artists Sue Walker and Christopher Pyett.
Joe Greenberg
Rupert Murdoch, c. 1986
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
an unknown artist
Sir Walter Murdoch, 1920s (printed later)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2012
Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG
Biography
Rupert Murdoch AC (b. 1931) is widely regarded as the world's most influential media mogul.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Keith Murdoch
Biography
Sir Keith Murdoch (1886–1952), journalist and media proprietor, was dux of his Melbourne school before becoming a cadet journalist for the Age in 1904.
1 portrait 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
an unknown artist, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882
Portrait, engravings on paper
Purchased 2009
Jean Appleton
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Jean Appleton
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Jean Appleton
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Jozef Vissel
John Bell, 1962 (printed 2006)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006