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Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009
Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala
Portrait, fired terracotta clay, underglaze
Commissioned 2009
Tony and Maureen Wheeler, 2005
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Hermannsburg Potters, 1999
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dawn Fraser AC MBE
Biography
Dawn Fraser AC MBE (b. 1937), swimming champion, had a stranglehold on the women's 100m freestyle from 1956 to 1964.
2 portraits in the collection
Dawn Fraser, 1963
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 1998
Dawn Fraser, 1998 (printed 2001)
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Charles Wheeler
Biography
Charles Wheeler OBE (1881–1977), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1933 for a portrait of the popular Melbourne-based writer Ambrose Pratt.
8 portraits in the collection
Maureen Wheeler AO
Biography
Maureen and Tony Wheeler are the founders and owners of Lonely Planet Publications.
1 portrait in the collection
Tony Wheeler
Biography
Maureen and Tony Wheeler are the founders and owners of Lonely Planet Publications.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Wheeler, 1961
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk and black ink on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Lord Casey, c. 1932
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, conté, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003
Sir Roland Hibbert Cross, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia), 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk with black ink highlight on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019