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Samuel Wood
Biography
Samuel 'Sammy' Woods (1867-1931), cricketer, is one of only five men to have played Tests for both Australia and England.
1 portrait in the collection
Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892
Henry Seppings-Wright, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2010
Fiona Wood AO
Biography
Fiona Wood AO (b.1958), plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is co-founder of the biotech company Clinical Cell Culture Limited (known as C3), which pioneers and commercialises treatments for burns.
1 portrait in the collection
Fiona Wood
'This is exquisite, that's what I will be'
Portrait story
Surgeon Fiona Wood on problem solving and saying 'yes'.
Selfless, 2010
by Melissa Wood
Image
Dr Fiona Wood AM, 2005
Richard Woldendorp AM
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
The Good Doctor
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
Dr Sarah Engledow describes the achievements of internationally renowned burns and trauma surgeon Professor Fiona Wood.
Frances Samuel
Biography
Frances Samuel (1818-c. 1898) was a member of one of early Sydney's most significant Jewish settler families.
1 portrait in the collection
Samuel Woolf
Biography
Samuel Johnson Woolf, American painter, lithographer and illustrator, was born in New York City and named after the English essayist Samuel Johnson.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Samuel Wilson
Biography
Sir Samuel Wilson was elected to the British House of Commons in 1886.
1 portrait in the collection
Samuel Bellin
Biography
Samuel Bellin, printmaker and engraver, trained in England under James Basire the Younger before travelling to Rome, where he honed his drafting skills and made the acquaintance of JMW Turner and other artists.
2 portraits in the collection
Samuel Shelley
Biography
Samuel Shelley entered the Royal Academy Schools as a seventeen year-old in 1774 and exhibited at the Academy regularly from this time until 1804.
2 portraits in the collection
Samuel Metford
Biography
Samuel Metford was born in Glastonbury, into a Quaker family. In England he came to specialise in full-length silhouette likenesses, cut from black paper and embellished with gold and white paint.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. Saul Samuel
Biography
The Hon Sir Saul Samuel Bart KCMG CB (1820-1900), merchant, politician, company director and landowner, was the first Jewish legislator in New South Wales and the first Jew to become a minister of the Crown.
1 portrait in the collection
Unconditional Love, 2006
by Samuel Khusunawi
Image
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith
Biography
Sir Samuel Walter Griffith (1845-1920), chief justice and premier, was born in Wales and came to Australia aged eight with his minister father and family.A top student, at the University of Sydney Griffith excelled at classics and mathematics; the Mort scholarship enabled him to travel to Europe.
2 portraits in the collection