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Regarding Henrys
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Henry Lawson
Biography
Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's defining authors, is best known for his short stories and ballads depicting the hardship of bush life.
6 portraits in the collection
Henry Lawson,
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Henry Lawson, c. 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Henry Lawson, c. 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Henry Lawson, 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2009
Henry Lawson, c. 1919
Lionel Lindsay
Portrait, pencil, charcoal, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 2010
Henry Lawson, 1919
Lionel Lindsay
Portrait, etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2011
Destination Dissociation
Perri Lawson
Image
The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS, 1814
Henry Meyer, T Cadell & W Davies after Sir Thomas Lawrence, William Evans
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
The Right Honourable Henry Goulburn MP, c. 1850
Francis Holl after Henry William Pickersgill
Portrait, steel engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst, 1810
Henry Meyer after Thomas Phillips
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Henry G. Dan AM
Biography
Henry Gibson Dan AM (1929–2020), universally known as Seaman Dan, was a Torres Strait Islander singer/songwriter who grew up on Thursday Island.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Kendall
Biography
Henry (Thomas Henry) Kendall (1839-1882) was once regarded as the finest poet Australia had produced.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Weigall Jnr
Biography
Henry Weigall Junior (1829-1925) was the son of sculptor, cameo engraver and medallist Henry Weigall (1800-1883).
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Talbot
Biography
Henry Fox Talbot (1920-1999), photographer, was born Henry Tichauer. The son of a middle-class Jewish family, he changed his name after fleeing Germany and being 'volunteered' out of England on the Dunera.
2 portraits in the collection