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Charles Summers
John Fairfax, 1873
Portrait, carrara marble
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Achille Simonetti
John Fairfax, 1875
Portrait, carrara marble on scagliola column
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Edwin Dalton
John Fairfax, c. 1860
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Edwin Dalton
Charles John Fairfax, c. 1860
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
an unknown artist
Portrait of Mrs Fairfax, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Tom Roberts
Sir James Reading Fairfax, 1898
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bryan Westwood
Sir Vincent Fairfax, 1981
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Bryan Westwood
Sir Warwick Fairfax, 1981
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Bryan Westwood
James Oswald Fairfax, c. 1991
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Macleod
Emily Fairfax, 1870
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
W.A. Bowring
Portrait of Mr Geoffrey E. Fairfax, 1929
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
W.A. Bowring
Portrait of Sir James Oswald Fairfax, 1929
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Russell Shakespeare
Tim Fairfax AC, 2018
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
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Edouard Gatel
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Edwin Dalton
Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax, c. 1864
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Hon. John Fairfax MLC
Biography
John Fairfax (1805-1877) was a newspaper publisher whose purchase of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1841 began a family association with the paper that would last for over five generations and nearly 150 years.
3 portraits in the collection