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Jerry Jerome, c. 1912
Milton Kent
Portrait, cellulose acetate negative
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Portrait of Jerry Ellis, 1999
Lewis Miller
Portrait, oil on Belgian linen
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
We are all family, 2016
by Peter McConchie
Image
Fannie Carandini
Biography
Frannie Carandini, a singer, born in Hobart Town, one of five daughters of Jerome Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, and his ambitious singing wife.
1 portrait in the collection
Rosina Carandini
Biography
Rosina Carandini (Palmer) (1844-1932) was a singer, born in Hobart Town, one of five daughters (including Fannie) of Jerome Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, and his ambitious singing wife.
1 portrait in the collection
Jeremy Ellis AO
Biography
Jeremy (Jerry) Ellis (b. 1927) was Chairman of BHP from 1997 to 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
Madame Marie Carandini
Biography
Marie Carandini (née Burgess, 1826–1894), aka 'Madame Carandini', was seven years old when her family arrived in Van Diemen's Land as assisted immigrants.
1 portrait in the collection
Lewis Miller
Biography
Lewis Miller (b. 1959), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1998 with one of his many portraits of fellow artist Allan Mitelman, and has been a finalist seventeen times.
4 portraits in the collection
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS, 2016
Raelene Sharp
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2017
Nelson Illingworth
Biography
Nelson Illingworth trained in sculpture in England and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries for nine years before moving to Australia.
3 portraits in the collection
Michele Aboud
Biography
Michele Aboud, commercial, fashion and portrait photographer, is a graduate of the Photographic College of London and UCLA.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS
Biography
Suzanne Cory AC (b. 1942) is a molecular biologist whose research has contributed to the understanding of immunology and the development of cancer.
1 portrait in the collection
Seeing stars
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.
Rosina Carandini, mid 1860s
Charles Hewitt
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Fannie Carandini, mid 1860s
Charles Hewitt
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
National Portrait Gallery Director's tenure ends in triumph
30 November 2018
Archived media releases 2018
National Portrait Gallery Director Angus Trumble is ending his five-year tenure with a flourish, after announcing that Gallery publication Dempsey’s People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824-1844 has been awarded the 2018 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.