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Richard Larter
Arizona 250 GT Major General Liz Cosson, 2013
Portrait, computer generated image, synthetic polymer paint and gel-glitters on polyester canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC
Biography
Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC (b.1958) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1979 and was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Major General in the Australian Army in 2007.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Wheeler
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
an unknown artist
Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald (née Rouse), c. 1850
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Richard Read Jnr
Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 1830
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased 2013
Anthea da Silva
Elizabeth, 2019
Portrait, charcoal and oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2020
Polly Borland
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue), 2001
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2021
Jenny Darling
Elizabeth Reid, 1989
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019
Aileen Dent
Dame Elizabeth Couchman, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Susan Webster, step-granddaughter of Dame Elizabeth Couchman, 2015
Polly Borland
HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2001
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2002
Jaime Murcia
Elizabeth Chong, 2000
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Charles Wheeler
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
an unknown artist
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, c. 1830
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Elizabeth Read (née Archer), c. 1853
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Purchased 2019
an unknown artist
Elizabeth Walford, c. 1873
Portrait, pastel over photographic image on paper on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Leslie Walford AM 2013
Hugh Hamilton
Elizabeth Blackburn, 2011
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2011