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Sarah Fairfax
Biography
Sarah Reading (1808-1875) came to Sydney from England in 1838 with her husband, John Fairfax (1805-1877), who had left school at the age of twelve and been apprenticed to a printer and bookseller.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax, c. 1864
Edwin Dalton
Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sarah Tuckfield
Biography
Sarah Tuckfield neé Gilbart (c. 1808–1854), was the daughter of a Cornish farmer.
1 portrait in the collection
Sarah Bernhardt
Biography
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) was acclaimed as the greatest actor of her generation and had roles created for her by some of the finest writers of her age.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Sarah Engledow
Biography
Dr Sarah Engledow was appointed Historian at the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.
Sarah Rhodes
Biography
Sarah Rhodes (b. 1974) studied fine art and psychology and later majored in journalism and photography, gaining her arts degree and a master’s in publishing from the University of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Family Fun, 2012
by Sarah Bannister
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The Christening, 2014
by Sarah Rhodes
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Sophie, 2013
by Sarah Rhodes
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Tim...Soldier, 2007
by Sarah Long
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Play, 2010
by Sarah Rhodes
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Strikethrough (self portrait), 2014
by Sarah Walker
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Paper plane, 2019
Sarah Rhodes
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Mirror identical twins with autism, 2018
by Sarah Rhodes
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Golden hour
Sarah McCloskey
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In your dreams
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016
An excerpt from The Popular Pet Book.