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Sir Charles Nicholson
Biography
Sir Charles Nicholson (1808-1903), statesman, landowner, businessman, connoisseur, scholar and physician, was born illegitimately into unpropitious circumstances in Yorkshire.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Charles Nicholson, 1898
Elliott and Fry
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Stephen Scheding and Jim Berry 2015
Sir Charles Nicholson, 1854
Thomas Woolner
Portrait, cast bronze relief medallion
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased through the Foundation Acquisitions Fund 2015
Peter Nicholson
Biography
Peter Nicholson (b. 1950), poet and author, grew up in Sydney. He published his first volume of poetry and narrative, A Temporary Grace, in 1991.
3 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm, 1961
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001
The Wonder Years
Magazine article by Sarah Hill, 2001
Sarah Hill introduces the portrait busts of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm by Enid Fleming.
Charles Ulm
Biography
Charles Ulm (1898-1934) began work as a clerk in a stockbroking office after he left school, but enlisted under a false identity in the 1st Battalion of the AIF just before his 16th birthday.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Teo AM
Biography
Charles Teo AM (b. 1957) is a neurosurgeon. Born in Sydney, where he attended Scots College and graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of New South Wales, he worked for some years at the Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas.
1 portrait in the collection
Jack Charles
Biography
Jack Charles (1943–2022) was a revered Wiradjuri, Boon Warrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder, activist, actor, musician and artist.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Turner
Biography
Charles Turner (1773-1851), engraver, was born in Oxfordshire and moved to London at the end of the 1780s.
2 portraits in the collection
Jack Charles
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
Charles Kean
Biography
Charles Kean (1811-1868), actor, threw in his Eton education when his mother was deserted by his penniless father, the tragedian Edmund Kean.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Hewitt
Biography
Born in Lincolnshire, Charles Hewitt (1837–1912) had begun working in Melbourne by 1860 and was one of the founding members of the Photographic Society of Victoria.
3 portraits in the collection