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Ellen Dahl
Biography
Ellen Dahl (b. 1968) grew up in Hammerfest in Norway and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.
1 portrait in the collection
Megan Gale, 2002
Ellen Dahl
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2006
Lady Ellen Stirling
Biography
Lady Ellen Stirling (1807-1874) was the third daughter of James Mangles of Woodbridge in Surrey, a Director of the East India Company and later an MP.
1 portrait in the collection
Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter
Biography
Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter (née Hill, 1845-1927) was one of the eight children born to Sydney cabinetmaker and undertaker John Hill jnr and his wife Elizabeth - the step-daughter of ex-convict boatman, John Cadman.
1 portrait in the collection
Ellen Stirling, c. 1828
Thomas Phillips
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2008
A handful of sand
Magazine article by Ellen Kent, 2007
Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.
Elizabeth Carter, c. 1920
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010
John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson, 1844
Charles Rodius, Hiberian Printing Office
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland, c. 1890
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper on card
Purchased 2010
Duty bound
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of colonial women Lady Ellen Stirling, Eliza Darling, Lady Eliza Arthur, Elizabeth Macquarie and Lady Jane Franklin.
Luke Brookes and Ellen Buswell
Elizabeth Looker
Image
Edith Ellen Williams, c. 1871
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016
Don’t judge a book by its cover
Lust
You saucy minx
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
Glamour vs grunge
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010
Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.
Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880), 1880
an unknown artist
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2002