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George Selth Coppin
Biography
George Coppin (1819-1906), comedian, entrepreneur and politician, cut his teeth in the world of the English itinerant theatre.
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of George Selth Coppin, c. 1895-1899
Tom Roberts
Portrait, oil on cedar panel
Purchased with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy 2004
George Selth Coppin, c. 1863
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
The Multifarious Career of George Selth Coppin
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, was a driving force of the early Australian theatre.
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 2
Unknown artist Publisher Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Image
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882
an unknown artist, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Portrait, engravings on paper
Purchased 2009
The Australasian Federal Convention at Sydney, 1884
The Graphic
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
George Judah Cohen, 1925
George Lambert
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the National Australia Bank 2002
George Gittoes - last sitting before Peshawar, 2007
George Fetting
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2008
George Lambert
'Self Portrait with Gladioli'
Portrait story
An examination of the life and times of George Lambert through the gesture and pose in his self portrait.
Sir George Coles KT CBE
Biography
Sir George Coles CBE (1885–1977) was the founder of the retail concern GJ Coles and Coy.
1 portrait in the collection
George Moore
Biography
George Moore (1923-2008), champion jockey, was born in Mackay, Qld and was apprenticed in Brisbane in 1938.
1 portrait in the collection
George Nicholas CBE
Biography
George Nicholas CBE (1884-1960), pharmacist and philanthropist, grew up in South Australia and Victoria.
1 portrait in the collection
George Dance
Biography
George Dance the Younger, architect, was a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768.
4 portraits in the collection
George Barrable
Biography
George Hamilton Barrable was a painter of portraits and landscapes, active in London in the 1870s and 1880s, who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy..
1 portrait in the collection
George Coates
Biography
George Coates, Melbourne-born artist, started his art career in a stained glass workshop, attending classes with Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery school at night.
1 portrait in the collection