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H Parker Rolfe
Biography
H Parker Rolfe was a professional photographer and teacher who operated from various premises in Philadelphia from the 1890s to the 1910s.
6 portraits in the collection
Henry (Harry) Donnan (member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Joe Darling (Joseph Darling, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Clem Hill (member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Syd Gregory (Sydney Edward Gregory, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Frank Iredale (Francis Adams Iredale, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
George Trott (George Henry Stevens (Harry) Trott, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Harold Parker
Biography
Harold Parker (1873-1962), sculptor, came to Brisbane with his English parents as a three-year old.
1 portrait in the collection
Phillip Parker King
Biography
Phillip Parker King RN (1791–1856) has been described as the first Australian-born person to succeed in the world outside the colonies.
1 portrait in the collection
Harold Parker, c. 1906
Bessie Gibson
Portrait, watercolour on ivory in locket frame
Gift of Rosamond Shepherd 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Cool cool world
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2022
Penelope Grist unpacks photographs by David Parker, who captured the phenomenal emergence of the 1970s and 80s Melbourne music scene.
Phillip Parker King, 1854
Thomas Woolner
Portrait, cast plaster
Purchased 2000
Nick Cave by Howard Arkley
Portrait story
An interview with graffiti artist Marc de Jong about the art of Howard Arkley.
Dusty and Jed, 2015
by Louise Whelan
Image
Phoebe turned one hundred, 2019
Chris Budgeon
Image
Bessie Gibson
Biography
Bessie Gibson (1868-1961), like Harold Parker, studied under Godfrey Rivers at the Brisbane Central Technical College, where she developed an interest in miniature painting.
1 portrait in the collection