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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
The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, 1839
Charles Turner after Sir George Hayter
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1827
Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Ethel Turner
Biography
Ethel Turner (1870-1958), writer, came to Australia with her twice-widowed mother at the age of nine.
1 portrait in the collection
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.
Ethel Turner, 1928
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Moving in creative circles
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2008
Harold Cazneaux's portraits of influential Sydneysiders included Margaret Preston and Ethel Turner, both important figures in the development of ideas about Australian identity and culture.
William St Leonards Robertson, c. 1865
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Margaret Robertson, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Margaret Robertson, c. 1852
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Robertson jnr, c. 1852
an unknown artist
Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype, hand coloured with case
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Robertson, c. 1852
an unknown artist
Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype, hand coloured with case
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Martha Mary Robertson with her child William St Leonards Robertson, c. 1865
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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