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Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (1887-1972), bacteriologist, was educated at Sydney Grammar and the University of Sydney before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 and proceeding to Oxford.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hugh Ramsay

'Letters from Paris'

Hugh Ramsay's letters were written while he was living in Paris to his family back in Australia.

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Hugh Adamson

Hugh Adamson (b. 1952), artist, was born in Goroke, Victoria but is a long-time resident of Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

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Hugh Hamilton

Hugh Hamilton (b. 1957) is a photographer and videographer who works between Sydney and Los Angeles.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Hugh Ramsay

Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906), painter, was born in Scotland but arrived in Australia as a baby.

3 portraits in the collection

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman AC

Hugh Jackman AC (b. 1968) is the ultimate triple threat – actor, singer and dancer.

1 portrait in the collection

Divine, 2014 by Hugh Peachey

Divine, 2014

by Hugh Peachey

Eileen Kramer is a dancer, 2019 Hugh Stewart

Eileen Kramer is a dancer, 2019

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

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Sir Leslie Ward

Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.

31 portraits in the collection

Hugh Jackman

Vincent Fantauzzo on Hugh Jackman

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2021

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, 2020

Vincent Fantauzzo

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation and Paul Dainty AM and Donna Dainty 2020

John Cann and his father, 2007 by Hugh Stewart

John Cann and his father, 2007

by Hugh Stewart

Hugh Jackman

Portrait story

Magazine article by Vincent Fantauzzo, 2022

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on dyslexia, connection and virtual sittings with Hugh Jackman.

Anne Levy

Anne Levy

Anne Levy

Anne Levy, 2011

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Gift of Anne Levy AO 2014

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