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Dan the man
Magazine article by India Bednall, 2015
Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.
Antonio van Diemen, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën, c. 1725
Dirk Jongman after Matthys Balen
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
William Hodges
Biography
William Hodges (1744-1797) trained from an early age at William Shipley's drawing school at Castle Court in the Strand, and was afterward apprenticed to a landscape painter.
3 portraits in the collection
Walter Langhammer
Biography
Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Henry Wylie Norman
Biography
Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826–1904), governor and army officer, was born in London, the son of a merchant who conducted his business chiefly in India and the Caribbean.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir George Young
Biography
Sir George Young (1732–1810), naval officer, first went to sea at the age of fourteen and saw action in Europe and India before joining the East India Company’s marine in 1753.
1 portrait in the collection
Alexander Dalrymple
Biography
Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), hydrographer and writer, began work with the East India Company in Madras in 1752.
1 portrait in the collection
Icons Syndicate
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Honour board
Joseph Dalton Hooker, c. 1860
Rui Hoffmann
Portrait, lithograph on India laid paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Christine Manfield, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
G.W. Lawrie
Biography
G.W. Lawrie (life dates unknown) was a Scottish-born photographer who ran a number of studios in India from the 1880s..
2 portraits in the collection
Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Biography
Cathryn Fitzpatrick (b. 1968) is considered the fastest bowler in women's cricket.
2 portraits in the collection
Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia, c. 1912
G.W. Lawrie
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011
Sam Jinks
More about In the flesh artists
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Sam Jinks’ work can be found in various public collections that include the Kiran Nader Museum of Art, Dehli, India and the Museo Escultura Figurativa Internacional Contemporaenea (MEFIC), Portugal.
Andree Johnston-Bell, c. 1945
Walter Langhammer
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Jocelyne MacLeod 2008
Ethel Anderson
Biography
Ethel Anderson (née Mason, 1883-1958), writer and artist, was an important figure in the Sydney modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s.
2 portraits in the collection