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Ernest Giles
Biography
Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer, came to Australia at the age of fifteen, settling in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876
The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
Ernest Buckmaster
Biography
Ernest Buckmaster grew up in country Victoria, where his facility for art was recognised early on.
1 portrait in the collection
Ernest Hutcheson
Biography
Ernest Hutcheson (1871-1951), pianist, composer and music teacher, started performing at the age of five.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ernest Fisk
Biography
Sir Ernest Fisk (1886-1965), radio pioneer and businessman, began his career as one of the earliest wireless telegraphists in the British Post Office.
2 portraits in the collection
Ernest Buckmaster
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Alice Giles, 1984
Rosemary Madigan
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of Alice Giles AM, in memory of her mother Rosemary Madigan 2023
In profile
Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ernest Fisk, n.d. (after 1937)
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Jane Fisk 2012
Ernest Hutcheson, n.d.
an unknown artist
Portrait, carbon print photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk and black ink on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Harold Blair, 1948
Ernest Buckmaster
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Matt Moran, 2004
Murray Fredericks, Lisa Giles
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artists 2005
Nellie Melba, 1898
Ernest Walter Histed
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Portrait 70
Magazine
Kim Leutwyler on her portraits of the LGBTQIA+ community, Oliver Giles chats to Polly Borland, Gunggandji artist Simone Arnol, and Andrew Quilty's new book.