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The Saint and the merchant
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Emanuel Solomon gave shelter to the Sisters of St Joseph upon the excommunication of St Mary MacKillop.
Solomon Studios
Biography
Saul Solomon (1836–1929) had a studio in Main Road, Ballarat from 1857 to 1862, and worked in partnership with William Bardwell at 29 Sturt Street, Ballarat until 1874.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor of South Australia, 1881
Solomon Studios
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Portrait 38
December 2010 - February 2011
Magazine
This issue features Martin Schoeller, Bess Norriss Tait, Emanuel Solomon and the sisters of St Joseph, Rennie Ellis and AC/DC, John Brack and more.
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, c. 1873
Bardwell's Royal Studio
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
E. Phillips Fox
Biography
Between 1887 and 1892 Emanuel Phillips Fox studied and painted in France and England.
1 portrait in the collection
Right Rev Dr Lawrence Bonaventure Sheil OSF, c. 1872
Bardwell's Royal Studio
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Hon. Sir Frederick Darley
Biography
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG (1830-1910), chief justice and lieutenant governor, came to New South Wales as an adult and was admitted to the Bar in 1862; in 1868 he was nominated to the Legislative Council.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait 60
Spring 2018
Magazine
Ralph Heimans on his portraits, and features on Louis Kahan, Helena Rubinstein, Judy Cassab and Tasmanian convicts.
Ina Gregory, c. 1895
E. Phillips Fox
Portrait, conté crayon and charcoal on paper
Purchased 2012
Ina Gregory
Biography
Georgina ‘Ina’ Gregory (1874-1964) grew up with her sister Ada at Rosedale, her family home in East St Kilda.
1 portrait in the collection
Impressions
Painting light and life
Previous exhibition, 2011
Impressions: Painting light and life presents portraits by, and of, artists at the heart of Australian impressionism including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.
Norman C Deck, c. 1905
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Norman C. Deck
Biography
Norman C Deck (1882-1980), photographer and dentist, joined the Photographic Society of New South Wales at the age of about fourteen, becoming its youngest-ever member.
1 portrait in the collection
The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley, c. 1887
Henry Samuel Sadd
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, 1837
Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009