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The Payne family, 1888-1889
A Flegeltaub
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018
Maude Shipp
Biography
Maude Shipp (1895-1964), vaudevillian, debuted as ‘Little Maude Shipp, the Wonderful Baby Performer’ around May 1900, as a member of the troupe managed by her father, Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shipp (c.
1 portrait in the collection
Maude Rose Bonney AM MBE
Biography
Maude Rose ‘Lores’ Bonney MBE AM (1897-1994), aviatrix, grew up in Melbourne and attended a German finishing school before marrying a Queensland leather-goods manufacturer in 1917.
2 portraits in the collection
Maude Shipp, c. 1918
Munnan Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937 (full length portrait), 1937
an unknown artist
Portrait, carbon print on paper
Purchased 2012
Mrs Bonney flying from Australia to South Africa via Siam. Singapore 1937 (in her aeroplane, "My Little Ship II), 1937
an unknown artist
Portrait, carbon print on paper
Purchased 2012
Joshua Payne
Biography
Joshua Payne (1810–1889), engraver and die-sinker, arrived in Adelaide around 1849 and was soon after employed by the Adelaide Assay Office.
1 portrait in the collection
The Singer, 2012
by Richard Payne
Image
Portrait of Joshua Payne Esq., 1840
Daniel Byrne
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory in leather bound case
Purchased 2009
Fiona McMonagle
Biography
Fiona McMonagle, an Irish-born, Melbourne-based artist, grew up in an outer suburb of Melbourne and completed a qualification in visual arts at RMIT before progressing to the Victorian College of the Arts.
1 portrait in the collection
Rachel Griffiths, 2002 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Ellyse Perry, 2016
Fiona McMonagle
Portrait, watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
Purchased 2017
Some women you may not know
Alison Alder
‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’
The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015
Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
Clifton Pugh
Australians
Previous exhibition, 2005
This exhibition offers a comprehensive display of Clifton Pugh's portraits revealing his development and growth from tonal paintings to a unique style that was in demand from politicians, artists, academics and Australian personalities.
First Ladies
Significant Australian Women 1913–2013
Previous exhibition, 2013
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.