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John Laws, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Williams AO OBE
Biography
John Williams AO OBE, (b. 1941), guitar virtuoso, had his first guitar lessons from his father, and from the age of eleven attended summer schools with the Spanish maestro Andrés Segovia in Italy.
1 portrait in the collection
John Williams
Biography
John Williams (1796-1839), missionary, began his working life in 1810, apprenticed to an ironmonger, but in 1814 he underwent an Evangelical conversion and became a member of the Tabernacle Church (Calvinistic Methodist).
1 portrait in the collection
R. M. Williams, 1982 (printed 2005)
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Ita Buttrose, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
Al Grassby and Penny Dent, Community Relations Commission, Canberra, 1982
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Williams, 2000 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Reverend John Williams, c. 1837
George Baxter
Portrait, wood engraving (Baxter print) on paper
Purchased 2012
John Perceval painting, 1958
Fred Williams
Portrait, drypoint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Mollison AO 2007
Rev. Fred Nile, Festival of Light, Sydney, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
Olly's Trolly, Freddie's Brushes, 1989
Murray Walker
Portrait, monoprint on paper
Gift of the artist 2001
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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
R. M. Williams AO CMG
Biography
RM (Reginald Murray) Williams AO CBE (1908-2003), saddlery, boot and clothing manufacturer, miner and author, moved to Adelaide from his birthplace near the Flinders Rangers when he was 10.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Williams
Biography
Harry Williams (b. 1951) is a Wiradjuri man and the first Indigenous footballer to represent Australia at international level.
1 portrait in the collection
Fred Williams
Biography
Fred Williams OBE, painter and etcher, was one of the most important Australian artists of the twentieth century.
14 portraits in the collection
Edith E. Williams
Biography
Edith Ellen Williams (nee Horne, (1851–1885) was the first wife of Hartley Williams (1843–1929), a Victorian Supreme Court judge from 1881 until 1903.
1 portrait in the collection