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Jenny Sages
Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short, 1991
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 1998
Laurence Short AO OBE
Biography
Laurence Short AO OBE (1915–2009), trade union leader, joined the Federated Ironworkers' Association in 1937 and the Labor Party five years later.
1 portrait in the collection
Reshid Bey
Sir Laurence Hartnett, 1984
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Sir Laurence Hartnett's daughters 2003
Louis Kahan AO
Sir Laurence McIntyre, n.d.
Portrait, graphite on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Brian Dunlop
Laurence Cox, 1994
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian Securities Exchange 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Laurence McIntyre CBE
Biography
Sir Laurence McIntyre CBE (1912-1981) diplomat and public servant, was Australian ambassador to the UN during the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Laurence Hartnett
Biography
Sir Laurence Hartnett (1898-1986), automotive engineer, was born in Woking, Surrey.
1 portrait in the collection
David Potts
Self portrait, Cyprus, 1953
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Leeanne Crisp
'words are the daughters of the earth' Marion Halligan, 2002
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on vellum
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Rozalind Drummond
Nam Le, 2010
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2010
David Moore
David Potts reflected in a magazine page, c. 1949 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
David Naseby
A blackguard rehearsing - Max Cullen, 2001
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Nigel Naseby 2007
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Nancy Borlase AM
Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study), 1999
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Marie Breckenridge 2004
Ingvar Kenne
Wayne Blair, 2007 (printed 2014)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Charles Clarkington
Celine Céleste, c. 1860
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Daniel Byrne
Portrait of Joshua Payne Esq., 1840
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory in leather bound case
Purchased 2009