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Ralph Hope-Johnstone
Biography
Ralph Hope-Johnstone was a hydro-electric engineer and photographer who worked with Olegas Truchanas on the campaign to save Lake Pedder in the late 1960s.
1 portrait in the collection
Olegas Truchanas, 1971
Ralph Hope-Johnstone
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Biography
Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was founded in Melbourne in 1864 by Henry James Johnstone and a photographer known as ‘Miss O’Shaughnessy’, who had previously been in partnership with her mother in their own photographic business in Carlton.
12 portraits in the collection
A D Hope and his circle
Previous exhibition, 2007
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of poet Alec Derwent Hope AC OBE (1907-2000), the National Portrait Gallery exhibited a selection from its many portraits of Australian poets and authors.
A. D. Hope OBE
Biography
AD Hope OBE (1907-2000), poet, literary critic and academic, was educated at Sydney University before winning a scholarship to Oxford.
2 portraits in the collection
Georg von Neumayer, c. 1860
Johnstone & Co
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Amy Castles, c. 1899
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cardboard (Paris Panel)
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Jim and Barbara Higgins 2012
Nicholas Hope
Biography
Nicholas Hope (b. 1959), shot to international fame in art movie circles as the star of Bad Boy Bubby, a cult Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and released in 1994.
1 portrait in the collection
Martha Mary Robertson, 1866
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Nicholas Chevalier, c. 1867
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), 1901
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on original studio backing card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015
Sir Hartley Williams, c. 1871
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016
Edith Ellen Williams, c. 1871
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016
Sir Saul Samuel, c. 1870
Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased 2014
Gladys Hope Marks
Biography
Gladys Hope Marks (1883–1970), university lecturer and women's rights activist, was born in Brisbane.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor A D Hope, Canberra, 1963 (printed 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.