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Elizabeth Reid AO
Biography
Elizabeth Reid AO (b. 1942), adviser on women's and public health policy, lived from her teens in Canberra, where she gained a pioneering public service cadetship in 1960.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Reid, 1989
Jenny Darling
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019
Lucinda with stung eye, 2016
by Jon Reid
Image
Standing in the now and looking to the future
Laura Reid
Image
Jianna Georgiou
Shane Reid
Image
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
Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC
Biography
Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.
3 portraits in the collection
Bill Reid, 1979
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir George Reid, c. 1895
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
George Reid paperweight, c. 1910
Farmer and Company Limited
Portrait, painted cast iron
Purchased 2006
George Reid paperweight, c. 1910
Farmer and Company Limited
Portrait, painted cast iron
Purchased 2001
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 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 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