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James Heath
Biography
James Heath commenced an apprenticeship with an engraver named Joseph Collyer at the age of fourteen.
2 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Captain Edward Riou, 1801
James Heath after Samuel Shelley
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798
James Heath, G G & J Robinson
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, 1869
Archibald McDonald, Henry Samuel Sadd
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Heath Ledger
Biography
Heath Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia.
3 portraits in the collection
Heath Bergersen
Biography
Heath Bergersen (b. 1976) is an Indigenous actor working across Australian television series and movies.
1 portrait in the collection
Heath Bergersen
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
Heath Ledger, Prague, 2000 (printed 2009)
Bruce Weber
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with the assistance of Alan Dodge AM 2009
Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)
Tony Amos
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020
Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)
Tony Amos
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2020
Brett Canét-Gibson & Heath Bergersen
'My influence is around 1850'
Portrait story
Brett Canét-Gibson on making a portrait with Heath Bergersen.
Heath, 2020 (printed 2022)
Brett Canét-Gibson
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2022
James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu, 2021
James Tylor, Craig Tuffin, Dr Elisa deCourcy
Portrait, 1/4 plate daguerreotype in a leather case lined with Nantu Watpa Grey Kangaroo fur
Purchased 2022
James Wilson
Biography
James Wilson (1760–1840), naval officer, was the commander of a ship called the Duff, which in 1797 brought a group of missionaries from the London Missionary Society to Tahiti.
1 portrait in the collection
James Fairfax AO
Biography
James Oswald Fairfax AC (1933-2017) was the eldest son of Sir Warwick Fairfax.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir James McNeill CBE
Biography
Sir James McNeill CBE (1916-1987) was chairman of BHP from 1977 to 1984.
1 portrait in the collection