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H.C. Coombs
Biography
Herbert Cole ('Nugget') Coombs (1906–1997) was the governor of the Commonwealth (later Reserve) Bank of Australia from 1949 to 1968.
3 portraits in the collection
Head of H.C. Coombs, c. 1972 (cast 2018)
Norma Redpath
Portrait, bronze
Purchased 2018
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Herbert Cole 'Nugget' Coombs, early 1970s
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Xavier Herbert
Biography
Xavier Herbert (1901 –1984), author, was born Alfred Jackson to a single mother in Geraldton, WA.
2 portraits in the collection
Herbert Badham
Biography
Herbert Badham was an artist, writer and teacher who specialised in figures, urban life and beach scenes.
1 portrait in the collection
Self portrait with glove, 1939
Herbert Badham
Portrait, oil on canvas board
Purchased 1999
Thomas Herbert Maguire
Biography
Thomas Herbert Maguire was a painter and lithographer working in London in the middle of the nineteenth century.
4 portraits in the collection
Herbert Vere Evatt
Biography
Herbert Vere Evatt (1894–1965) was a Labor politician, judge, historian and statesman.
2 portraits in the collection
Xavier Herbert (study), c. 1977
Ray Crooke AM
Portrait, oil on canvas on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Xavier Herbert, early 1980s (printed 2018)
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Herbert Benjamin George Larkin CBE
Biography
Herbert Benjamin George Larkin CBE (c. 1871- 1944), shipping administrator, came to Australia from England and joined the office of the Australian Steam Navigation Company.
1 portrait in the collection
Herbert John Louis Hinkler
Biography
Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler (1892-1933), aviator, worked with a photographer and in sugar mills before joining the Queensland Aero club and taking a correspondence course in mechanics.
1 portrait in the collection
HV (Doc) Evatt, 1935
Arnold Shore
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Evatt and Penelope Seidler 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
H.B.G Larkin, 1928
L E. Reynolds
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Brown, 1850
Thomas Herbert Maguire
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013