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Portrait of Marjorie Cotton, 1969
Jean Isherwood OAM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Marjorie Cotton Isherwood 2002
Marjorie Cotton Isherwood
Biography
Marjorie Cotton Isherwood (1913–2003) was the first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales and many of her initiatives continue today.
1 portrait in the collection
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), c. 1935 (printed 1999)
Olive Cotton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2010
Jean Isherwood OAM
Biography
Jean Isherwood OAM (1911–2006), artist, was born in Marrickville and won a scholarship to the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Isherwood
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1972
Olive Cotton
Biography
Olive Cotton (1911-2003) was one of Australia's pioneering modernist photographers.
2 portraits in the collection
Olive Cotton, 1996 (printed 2011)
Lorrie Graham
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Marjorie Lawrence
Biography
Marjorie Lawrence CBE (1907-1979), dramatic soprano, studied singing from 1925 in Melbourne, moving to study with Cécile Gilly in Paris in 1928 after winning the Geelong Sun Aria competition.
2 portraits in the collection
Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE
Biography
Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE (b. 1931), former sprinter, was Governor of South Australia from 2001 to 2007.
3 portraits in the collection
Marjorie Lawrence, Amneris, 1951
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Marjorie Lawrence, Paris, 1937
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Marjorie Jackson, 1953
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE, 2006
Avril Thomas
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned 2006
Preparatory study for Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE, 2005
Avril Thomas
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Commissioned 2006
Spikes: then and now
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
As part of its ongoing program of commissions of portraits of prominent Australians, the National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a portrait of Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson by South Australian artist Avril Thomas.
Don Bachardy
Biography
Don Bachardy (b. 1935) is a portraitist who chronicles literary, musical, artistic and film personalities associated with Los Angeles.
3 portraits in the collection