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Nelson Illingworth
Biography
Nelson Illingworth trained in sculpture in England and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries for nine years before moving to Australia.
3 portraits in the collection
The Federal Leader Edmund Barton, c. 1900
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
'The crimson thread of kinship' Henry Parkes, c. 1898
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, painted terracotta
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Sir George Reid, c. 1895
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
James, 2012
by Myles Nelson
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Rob, Homeless in Cooma, NSW, 2016
by Greg Nelson
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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
Nelson Mandela, Sydney, 2000
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Nelson Mandela, Sydney, 2000
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Nelson Mandela, Sydney, 2000
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
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
James Horatio Nelson Cassell, late 1840s to early 1850s
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Marjorie Jackson, 1953
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
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.
Nelson Earl - Dance - The Ephemeral Art, Straithfield, 2018
by Kellie Leczinska
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