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Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison), 1870
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Sir Roderick Carnegie AC
Biography
Sir Roderick Carnegie (1933-2024) was the former chief executive, chairman and managing director of CRA Limited and chairman of Hudson Conway Limited, Adacel Technologies Limited and World Competitive Practices Pty Ltd.
1 portrait in the collection
Roderick Shaw
Biography
Roderick Shaw (1915-1992) is perhaps best known for his worker paintings of the social realist school, such as Cable Layers (in the Art Gallery of NSW).
2 portraits in the collection
Roderick Shaw
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Bee Miles, 1976
Roderick Shaw
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of Brian Griffin 2000
Sir Rod Carnegie, c. 1984
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, offset lithograph on mountboard/card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Retired Mounted Policeman, 2012
by Paul Mallam
Image
Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975, 1984
Roderick Shaw
Portrait, oil and oil pastel on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2012
Previous exhibition, 2012
The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Hayward Veal
Biography
Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ian Potter, 1968
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Douglas Carnegie, 1968
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Robin Boyd, 1970
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003