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James Burnside
Therese Desmond, 1919-1920
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Madeleine Howell 2013
Michael Desmond
Biography
Michael Desmond worked at the National Portrait Gallery first as Senior Curator from 2006 to 2011 then as Deputy Director until 2012.
David Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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 Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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 Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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 Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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 Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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 Moore
Michael Johnson, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1969 (printed 2000)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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
Janet Dawson
Michael with beetroot sprouting, 2008
Portrait, pastel on paper
Purchased 2015
Anderson & Low
Michael Klim, 1999
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2000 with the assistance of staff of Old Parliament House and the National Portrait Gallery in memory of Matthew Guy Hinder (1967-1999)
Polly Borland
Michael Hutchence, 1997
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2000
Ingvar Kenne
Michael Chaney, 2005
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Dave Tacon
Michael Milton, 2012
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2012
Rick Amor
Michael Kelly, 1998
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper.
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jacqueline Mitelman
Michael Leunig, 2004
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Harry Borden
Michael Hutchence, 1997
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999