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Elizabeth Read
Biography
Elizabeth Read (née Archer c. 1820–1884) had already spent time in gaol for offences including drunkenness and being ‘lewd and disorderly’ when, in 1840, she was found guilty of stealing and sentenced to transportation ‘beyond the sea’.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Read (née Archer), c. 1853
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Purchased 2019
Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 1830
Richard Read Jnr
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased 2013
W Read
Biography
William Read was active in London in the 1820s and 1830s and appears to have worked mainly as an engraver of portraits.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Read Jnr
Biography
Richard Read junior arrived in Sydney from his native London in November 1819.
2 portraits in the collection
John Connell, c. 1830
Richard Read Jnr
Portrait, watercolour on paper laid on cardboard
Gift of Eleanor Thornton 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Frost, 1839
an unknown artist, W Read
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
The Royal she
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2019
Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Set of 129 Royal Christmas Cards and three miscellaneous items, 1951-2001
an unknown artist
Portrait, offset print (tipped in), letter press (greeting), pen and ink (signature), embossed (royal emblem) on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Elegance in exile
Portrait drawings from colonial Australia
Previous exhibition, 2012
Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Elizabeth Fairfax
Biography
Elizabeth Fairfax (née Jesson, 1778–1861), colonial free settler, was born in Birmingham and around 1800 married William Fairfax, whose family had previously held estates in Barford, Warwickshire.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Rouse
Biography
Elizabeth Rouse (née Adams, 1772–1849), colonial spouse, arrived in New South Wales as a free settler in 1801 with her husband, Richard Rouse (1774–1852) and their first two children, one of whom had been born on the voyage out.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Walford
Biography
Francis William Barnard Walford (1821–1896), businessman and landowner, was born in Hobart, the son of Barnard Walford (1801–1846), a publican and victualler; and the grandson of Barnard Walford senior (c.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Roberts
Biography
Elizabeth Roberts (1812–1833) was the daughter of Warwickshire-born William Roberts (1754–1819) and his wife, Jane (née Longhurst, c.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC
Biography
Elizabeth Cosson AM CSC (b.1958) enlisted in the Australian Army in 1979 and was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Major General in the Australian Army in 2007.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Chong
Biography
For many years Elizabeth Chong has shared her love of Chinese cuisine with Australian audiences.
1 portrait in the collection