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Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald
Biography
Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald (née Rouse, 1818–1863) was born at Rouse Hill, New South Wales, the youngest daughter of colonial public servant and landowner Richard Rouse (1774–1852) and his wife Elizabeth (née Adams, 1772–1849), who’d come to Sydney as free settlers in 1801.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Biography
Paul Fitzgerald AM, a Melbourne-based artist, made his career as a professional portraitist.
4 portraits in the collection
Richard Fitzgerald
Biography
Richard Fitzgerald (1772-1840), convict, public servant and settler, spent four years of his seven-year sentence imprisoned (probably on a floating 'hulk') at Portsmouth before arriving in Sydney in 1791, along with his private assets.
1 portrait in the collection
Recollections of a sinologist sitter
Magazine article by Professor Stephen FitzGerald AO, 2016
Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Australia’s first Ambassador to China, traces the historical course from sino-australian cultural engagement to a maturing Australian identity.
Richard Fitzgerald, c. 1838
Edmund Edgar
Portrait, pencil and watercolour on paper
Gift in memory of Richard Kelynack Evans 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bruce Ruxton, 1995
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Bruno Grollo 1999
Robert Fitzgerald, c. 1860s (printed c. 1890s)
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph
Gift in memory of Richard Kelynack Evans 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
George Nicholas, 1955
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Hilton Nicholas AM OBE 2010
Sir James Gobbo, 1983
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of Mercy Health and Aged Care 2006
L. Ian Roach, 1994
Paul Fitzgerald AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian Securities Exchange 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Dr Stephen Fitzgerald, late 1970s
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
"Lao Fei" Stephen FitzGerald, 2003
Dalu Zhao
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dalu Zhao 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
The Royal she
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2019
Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Set of 129 Royal Christmas Cards and three miscellaneous items, 1951-2001
an unknown artist
Portrait, offset print (tipped in), letter press (greeting), pen and ink (signature), embossed (royal emblem) on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
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