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Marcia Langton, 2009
Brook Andrew, Trent Walter
Portrait, screenprint on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2009
Jem, 2006
by Trent Parke
Image
Trent Nathan and Shane Barr, 1995 (printed 2018)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2018
Portrait of Mr W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 1916
J H Barratt & Co Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent
Portrait, photographic image on glazed ceramic tile
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ian Ross 2001
Walter Lindrum OBE
Biography
Walter Lindrum OBE (1898–1960), billiard player, was born into family of billiard champions in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where his father ran billiard rooms and a bookmaking business.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Lindrum
'Wally and the game of billiards'
Portrait story
A portrait story exploring the life of Walter Lindrum, one of the greatest billiard players of all time.
H. Walter Barnett
Biography
H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.
12 portraits in the collection
Walter Withers
Biography
Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Preston
Biography
Walter Preston, engraver and convict, came to New South Wales aboard the Guildford in 1812.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Langhammer
Biography
Walter Langhammer went to India before World War 2, fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
1 portrait in the collection
Legends
The Art of Walter Barnett 1862-1934
Previous exhibition, 2001
A National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition.
Winston Churchill
Walter Sickert
Image
Walter Lindrum OBE, c. 1932
Will Longstaff
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection
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
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG
Biography
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.
1 portrait in the collection