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Geoffrey Dyer
"Poet of the Hawkesbury" Robert Adamson, 2012
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Juno Gemes
Poet Robert Adamson at Parsley Bay, 2008
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2008
Robert Adamson
Biography
Robert Adamson (1943–2022), poet and publisher, divided his childhood between Neutral Bay and the Hawkesbury River, where his grandfather lived.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Rooney
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hannaford AM
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Hugh Adamson
Anne Levy, 2011
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of Anne Levy AO 2014
W.A. Bowring
James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011
Louis Kahan AO
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1952
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and ink on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Rooney
Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Bernard Hall
Sir Robert Garran, 1922
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Garran 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Frederick George Reynolds
Robert Henderson Croll, 1927
Portrait, oil on canvas on board
Gift of Grietje Croll in memory of her late husband Robert Devereaux Croll and with the endorsement of his daughter Helen Croll 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Henry Mundy
Robert Kermode, c. 1840
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2008. The original frame for this work was donated to the National Portrait Gallery of Australia by the National Gallery of Victoria 2009.
Yvonne Audette AM
Portrait of Robert Klippel, 1980
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Lewis Morley
Robert 'Twogun' Rosen, 1994
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program