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Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox., c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Thomas Forster Knox
Biography
The Knox's third son, Thomas Forster Knox (1849-1919) followed his father and older brother into business, and became prominent in the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Edward Knox
Biography
Sir Edward Knox (1819-1901), businessman and banker, grew up in Denmark and as teenager joined his uncle's London mercantile firm as a clerk.
1 portrait in the collection
Martha Knox
Biography
Martha Knox (née Rutledge, d. 1903), was the sister of merchant, landowner and banker William Rutledge.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Edith Knox
Biography
Edith Knox (1855–1942), matriarch, was a daughter of Janet and Scottish-born merchant and businessman Joseph Scaife Willis, who was president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and a founding director of the Sydney Exchange Co.
1 portrait in the collection
Edward William Knox Jnr
Biography
Edward William Knox (1847-1933), industrialist, was the second of four surviving sons of Sir Edward Knox, founder of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co, and his wife Martha Rutledge (sister of merchant, banker and settler William Rutlege).
3 portraits in the collection
Martha Knox, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Edward Knox, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010
Lady Knox, c. 1927-1929
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs Caroline Philippa Parker 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Edward Knox, c. 1927-1929
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs Caroline Philippa Parker 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
E. W. Knox, 1933
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter and Susan Dadswell 2015
Archbishop James Knox, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pencil and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Elegance in exile
Portrait drawings from colonial Australia
Previous exhibition, 2012
Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847
an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton
Portrait, daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Purchased 2001
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003
David M Thomas
Dream Job
Previous exhibition, 2011
Since 1993 Brisbane-based artist David M Thomas has investigated self identity through art works that encompass painting, text, audio, video and performance.