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Sir George Fisher CMG
Biography
Sir George Fisher CMG (1903-2007), mining industry executive, began work at the Zinc Corporation at Broken Hill in 1925 after having completed a mining engineering degree in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Fisher
Biography
Peter Fisher has been one of Australia's foremost commercial photographers over the past 25 years.
1 portrait in the collection
Gay Bilson, 2004
Peter Fisher
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Sir George Fisher, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Francis Houssemayne de Boulay, n.d.
J Fisher
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
William Lamb, Baron Melbourne, 1832
Samuel Freeman, Fisher, Son & Co London after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Captain James Cook, 1837
William Holl, Fisher, Son & Co London after Nathaniel Dance
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Farmer, fisher, scholar and scribe, 2019
Andrew Baker
Image
Kim Spooner
Biography
Kim Spooner (b. 1955), artist, studied at the University of Sydney and the Julian Ashton School, from which she gained a travel scholarship.
2 portraits in the collection
Juan Ford
More about In the flesh artists
Juan Ford received a Master of Art, by research, from RMIT University in 2001. His many commissions include the National Gallery of Victoria’s interactive work You, me and the flock for Melbourne Now 2013/2014 and a project for Hotel de Immigrantes, a project in Manifesta 9, the European Biennale in 2012.
Of Kings and men
Celebrating 100 years of the Historic Memorials Collection
Previous exhibition, 2011
This display celebrates 100 years of the Historic Memorials Collection and its role in commissioning portraits of parliamentary and judicial figures in Australia.
Petrina Hicks
Biography
Petrina Hicks (b. 1972) is a photographer whose work interrogates female identity and the representation of women throughout history.
3 portraits in the collection
Lt. Genrl. the Rt Honble. Sir George Murray G.C.B., G.C.H. &c., 1838
John Cochran after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Sir George Houston Reid GCB GCMG KC
Biography
Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG KC (1845-1918) was Australian prime minister from August 1904 to July 1905.
3 portraits in the collection
Great Suffragette demonstration in London, 1911
Rose Stereograph Company
Portrait, stereo view gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Lord Kitchener
Imperial strategist
About Face article
Once central to military strategy and venerated in patriotic households, Lord Kitchener is now largely forgotten.