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Andor Meszaros
Sir Robert Menzies, 1985
Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001
David Moore
Robert Menzies, Sydney, 1963 (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.
Les Tanner, Gus McLaren
Ming Vase (Sir Robert Menzies), c. 1970
Portrait, glazed ceramic
Purchased 2004
Louis Kahan AO
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1952
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and ink on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Victor Greenhalgh
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1962
Portrait, cast bronze
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Bunting in honour of Sir John Bunting and the Menzies Foundation 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
David Moore
Robert Menzies, Lancaster House, London, 1956 (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.
Sir William Dobell OBE
Sketch for Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 1960
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
an unknown artist
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1963-1964
Portrait, colour process lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Les Tanner
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1966
Portrait, cast plaster
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes 2015
Sir Robert Menzies KT AK CH LLM QC
Biography
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH PC QC (1894-1978) was Prime Minister of Australia for a record total of 19 years: from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.
9 portraits in the collection
Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Rooney
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hannaford AM
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Bernard Hall
Sir Robert Garran, 1922
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Garran 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
W.A. Bowring
James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011