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Leeanne Crisp
'words are the daughters of the earth' Marion Halligan, 2002
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on vellum
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Marion Halligan
Biography
Marion Halligan AM (1940–2024) is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayist.
1 portrait in the collection
Cherry Hood
Marion Borgelt, 2001
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Gift of Marion Borgelt 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Clive McPherson, early 1950s
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Marion Orme Page 2016
an unknown artist
Malcolm Williamson, 1948
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Diane Williamson and Marion Foote 2013
Charles Hewitt, A Marion Son and Co (Paris/London)
Madame Carandini, c. 1872
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card
Purchased 2022
Marion Borgelt
Biography
Marion Borgelt (b. 1954) grew up on a farm in the Wimmera district in western Victoria and attained her Diploma in Fine Art, majoring in painting, from the South Australian School of Art in 1976.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard von Marientreu
L.J. Brown, 1955
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Marion McBeath Harper 2019
Sir William Dargie CBE
Study for a portrait of Dame Merlyn Myer DBE, 1960s
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of the Estate of Marion Orme Page 2016
Thea Proctor
Self portrait, 1921
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Ross family in memory of Noel and Enid Eliot 2013
The first nurse
Magazine article by Tamsin Hong, 2016
Tamsin Hong recounts the tale of Marion Smith, the only known Australian Indigenous servicewoman of World War One.
2022
Portrait Donors
2016
Portrait Donors
2019
Portrait Donors
Melbourne Spurr
Biography
Melbourne Spurr, born in Decorah, Iowa, arrived in Hollywood around 1917.
2 portraits in the collection
Antonia Blaxland
Biography
Antonia Blaxland (1929-1989), photographer, was the great-great granddaughter of Gregory Blaxland, leader of the successful Blue Mountains expedition in 1813.
1 portrait in the collection