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Jozef Vissel
Painter John Brack with Professor Alex Mitchell and Sir Garfield Barwick, c. 1978
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2015
Alex Mitchell
Biography
Alexander George Mitchell (1911-1997), academic, studied English literature and language at the University of Sydney and the University of London before joining the English department of the University of Sydney, where he assumed the McCaughey Chair of Early English Literature and Language in 1947.
1 portrait in the collection
Ada Whiting
David Mitchell, 1903 (later reworked)
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Gift of the Mitchell Family 2012
Geoffrey Mainwaring
Portrait of Dame Roma Mitchell, 1940s
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of friends of Dame Roma Mitchell 2018
Anne Middleton
The Hon. Alex Chernov AC KC, 2019
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of twenty members of the Victorian Bar 2020
Nick Mourtzakis
Study for a portrait of Alex Wodak, 2003
Portrait, conté pencil and pastel on paper
Gift of Dr Jack Wodak 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jessica Hromas
Dame Roma Mitchell, 1998
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hammond Care Group 1999
Michael Zavros
Portrait of Alex Dimitriades, 2005
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Lorrie Graham
Harold Mitchell, 2001 (printed 2011)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Lewis Morley
Tony Mitchell, 1975 (printed 2001)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
an unknown artist
Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Lina Bryans
Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek), 1955
Portrait, oil on plywood
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and James Bryans 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Joe Greenberg
Alex Carmichael, Chairman of Santos - Ansett Director,
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Hong Fu
Alex Miller, novelist, 2022
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2022
William Fernyhough
Piper, the native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his expedition to the interior of N.S.W., 1836
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Robert Edwards AO 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Alan Mitchell
Portrait of John Flaus, 2022
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2022