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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Susan Lord
Susan Lord
Susan Lord

Susan Lord, c. 1840

Henry Mundy
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2015

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891, 1891

an unknown artist
Portrait, engravings on paper

Purchased 2009

Major Thomas Lord

Thomas Lord

Biography

Thomas Daunt Lord (1783–1865) was the commandant of the convict station on Maria Island from 1825 until 1832.

1 portrait in the collection

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891

Lord Jersey

Biography

Lord Jersey was Governor New South Wales at the Constitutional Convention, Sydney, 1891.

1 portrait in the collection

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891

Lord Kintore

Biography

Lord Kintore was Governor South Australia at the Constitutional Convention, Sydney, 1891.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Robert May AC KT

Lord Robert May OM KBE FRS FAA

Biography

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford OM AC (1936–2020), physicist, chemical engineer, chemist, ecologist and mathematician, once described himself as a ‘scientist with a short attention span.’ Born and educated in Sydney, where he received his PhD in experimental physics in 1959, he lectured at Harvard, Sydney and Princeton before taking up a joint professorship at Imperial College London and Oxford.

1 portrait in the collection

Major Thomas Lord
Major Thomas Lord
Major Thomas Lord

Major Thomas Lord, c. 1840

Henry Mundy
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2015

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891

Lord Adrian Louis Hope

Biography

Lord Adrian Louis Hope was Governor Victoria at the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891.

1 portrait in the collection

Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener, n.d.

William Howitt
Portrait, carved Jarrah

Purchased 2016

Studio portrait of Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War, 1914 by J Russell & Sons

All the way with K of K

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016

Sarah Engledow bristles at the biographers’ neglect of Kitchener’s antipodean intervention.

Sir Robert May AC KT
Sir Robert May AC KT
Sir Robert May AC KT

Sir Robert May AC KT, 1999

Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2001

Lord Viscount Sydney

Thomas Townshend, Lord Viscount Sydney

Biography

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (1733-1800) was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay.

1 portrait in the collection

Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London
Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London
Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London

Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London, c. 1957 (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.

Portrait of Susan Wakil AO

Susan Wakil AO

Biography

Susan Wakil AO (1933–2018), philanthropist, came to Sydney at fifteen from Bessarabia (Moldova/Romania).

1 portrait in the collection

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Susan Stitt ACS

Biography

Susan Stitt ACS has worked extensively in the international film and commercial industries, working on feature films, and shooting prestigious campaigns for over 30 years.Stitt has specialised in the intricacies of lighting and exploring the possibilities of colour.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Susan Crennan

The Hon. Susan Crennan AC KC

Biography

The Hon. Susan Crennan AC KC (b. 1945) is a leading barrister and former High Court judge.

1 portrait in the collection

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