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Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH
Biography
The Rt Hon Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH (1911–2002) was the nineteenth prime minister of Australia and the only senator yet to have served in the office.
5 portraits in the collection
John Gorton, 1997
Nathan Kelly
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
John Gorton, 1970
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, terracotta
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Gorton, 1970 (cast 1999)
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, cast bronze
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Cast 1999 from terracotta donated by Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Sir John Gorton, 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
Sir John Gorton, c. 1968-1971
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
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John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013
Lieutenant Watts, 1789
John Sherwin after Samuel Shelley
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Edward John Eyre, Late Governor of Jamaica, 1867
John Brown after H Hering
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2003
Captain Sir John Franklin, 1830
John Thomson after William Derby
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
General Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, c. 1840
John R. Jackson after John Linnell
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2018
John Roper, 1860s
John Buchanan Smith
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Sandefur 2019
Professor Ralph Blacket, 1994
John Caldwell
Portrait, mixed media on archival mount board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2017
John Laws, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Williamson, Springbrook, Qld, 2004
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005