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[Self portrait](artwork)
Watercolour sketch of head and shoulders of male figure, presumably Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski, possibly an early work in Australia. See series 47 for other artworks.
Sketchbook of portraits and elephants
Sketchbook containing portrait drawings of men, women and children, and elephants. Drawn mostly while in Mount Gambier.
Portrait exercise sketches
Portrait sketch exercises on both sides of one sheet.
Portrait of John Chinner
Portrait in oils of John Chinner, seated in an armchair, by J. Cheney, painted in England in 1840. Signed and dated in red near middle bottom third of painting.
Portrait of Frances Amelia Skipper
Oil portrait by South Australian colonial artist and solicitor John Skipper of his first wife Frances Amelia Skipper, nee Thomas. The canvas is striped mattress ticking, indicating the difficulty of obtaining materials in Adelaide at the time. The painting is attached on its original timber auxiliary support but with the two side members of the auxiliary support mistakenly reversed.
Portrait of Sir John Morphett
Portrait of Sir John Morphett. Signed and dated S. Laurence 1840.
Portrait of Elizabeth Morphett (nee Fisher)
Portrait of Elizabeth Morphett (nee Fisher). Signed and dated S. Laurence 1840.
Portrait miniatures
Comprises miniatures of Richard Burton and his wife Louisa, parents of Richard Francis Burton, together with miniature of Richard Francis Burton as a young man.
Sir Henry Simpson Newland
Drawing of Sir Simpson Newland by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. (See B 70786A for a photograph of the finished portrait.) Pencil drawing on paper with charcoal and white conte highlights, stamped on the lower right 'Ivor Hele'. [The stamp was applied by Ivor Hele's heir as a way of authenticating the unsigned sketch.]
Dr M.E. Chinner
Drawing of Dr M.E. Chinner by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. (See B 70787A for a photograph of the finished portrait.) Sepia conte drawing with charcoal highlights on wove paper, stamped on the lower right 'Ivor Hele'. [The stamp was applied by Ivor Hele's heir as a way of authenticating the unsigned sketch.]
Sir Condor Laucke
Drawing of Sir Condor Louis Lauke by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. (See B 70788A for a photograph of the finished portrait.) Charcoal drawing with white conte highlights on wove paper, stamped on the lower right 'Ivor Hele'. [The stamp was applied by Ivor Hele's heir as a way of authenticating the unsigned sketch.]
Marjorie Scales
Drawing of Wilderness School headmistress, Marjorie Scales, by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. (See B 70792A for a photograph of the finished portrait.) Charcoal drawing with white conte highlights on wove paper, stamped on the lower right 'Ivor Hele'. [The stamp was applied by Ivor Hele's heir as a way of authenticating the unsigned sketch.]
Sir Norman Giles
Drawing by artist Ivor Hele of Sir Norman Giles, Chairman of Elder Smith Goldborough Mort. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. [See B 70791A for a photograph of the finished portrait.] Charcoal drawing on wove paper with white conte highlights. Signed 'Ivor Hele' in charcoal on lower right.
Self portrait of Kerwin Maegraith
Self portrait by Kerwin Maegraith.
Portrait of Louis Cotton
Portrait of Louis Cotton, head-waiter at the South Australian Hotel for many years. Signed by the artist on bottom right; it is inscribed on the centre left 'To Mr & Mrs Byfield & family / with best wishes / [-?-] L. Cotton'.
Elizabeth Holden
PORTRAIT: Elizabeth Holden (nee Mason) from a miniature on ivory. Elizabeth was the mother of Thomas Alexander Holden who started the J. A. Holden & Co. business which led to GM Holden Ltd. She was also Dame Nancy Buttfield's great great grandmother. Elizabeth married Edward Holden in 1820. Edward was born 14 April 1796, at Walsall, England.
Artworks by other artists
Portraits by Ludwik Dutkiewicz and Terry Stapleton. See below for details.
Captain Charles Sturt
Pencil sketch on paper portraying Captain Charles Sturt. Montefiore was a friend of Sturt and made an original sketch in 1849. It is believed this artwork is a copy of that original sketch, which was used in an obituary to commemorate Sturt, after his death in 1869.
Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh First Governor of South Australia
Portrait of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, First Governor of South Australia. This has been mounted in the centre of a board, with an anchor and flag motif (centre top), and a biographical timeline for Hindmarsh on either side of the portrait.
George Gawler
[General description] Paper silhouette portrait of Colonel George Gawler, comprising a black ink silhouette on light coloured paper in an oval frame. The artwork is inscribed 'George Gawler, June 14th 1805'. [On back of photograph] 'Presented by Miss Lydia C. Gawler-Poulder'.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
A lithograph portrait of Sir Robert Richard Torrens made in London. The work has been inscribed with the name of the subject and the location and date of production.
Dr John Flynn
Portrait of the Right Reverend Dr. John Flynn who set up the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Identified in bottom right corner as 'Right Rev. Dr. John Flynn / O.B.E., D.D.' In the bottom left corner is 'Copy - Sidney Riley, Brisbane'. The inscriptions suggest that the artwork was commissioned for hanging, and could well be a retrospective painting (certainly later than 1933 when Flynn was awarded the Order of the British Empire).
Charles Flaxman
Portrait of an early South Australian settler, Charles Flaxman. The oil painting is mounted in an ornate guilded frame, and is a pair with a portrait of his wife, Jane Flaxman (B 76988).
George Charles Hawker
Pencil on card portrait of George Charles Hawker including some painted detail in pink and in white. Artwork has been signed and dated May 1840 (when Hawker was at Cambridge).
Portrait of William Burford
A portrait in oil by F.R. Burford. By comparison with a known work by the same artist in 1893, the portrait appears to be of the artist's father, William Burford (1845-1925).
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[Portrait of Shirley Cameron Wilson] [artwork]
Painted by artist S. Fort while Shirley Cameron Wilson was serving in the Australian Army Nursing Services in New Guinea in 1944. Signed "Fort '44 N.G.' at bottom right corner.
Mr Hallett
Drawing of Mr Hallett by artist Ivor Hele. This was a preparatory sketch for an oil painting portrait, done at Aldinga, South Australia. (See B 70789A for a photograph of the finished portrait.) Charcoal drawing on paper, with details defined in pencil and with white conte highlights. Signed 'Ivor Hele' in pencil on lower right.
William Edwards
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of William Edwards (from a portrait by Charles Rodius) in profile. He laid out the suburb of Edwardstown in 1838. [duplicate copy at PRG 1631/45/26a]. [On back of photograph] 'William Edwards (original proprietor of Edwardstown) / From a portrait by Charles Rodius, a Sydney artist (1851) / According to a letter from the donor (Mr. C.J.W. Higgins), dated April 9th, 1937 the original "drawing is on dark creamy paper, the highlights touched in with white, with the eye (blue), lips and ears lightly tinged with colour" / See 1047/13 for biographical notes'.
William Light
Colonel William Light portrait reproduced from the self-portrait in the Art Gallery, Adelaide. Inscription on the frame says: Portrait of Col. William Light First Surveyor General S. Australia. Painted by himself. Presented by GG Mayo 21st June 1905 on behalf of his father the late George Mayo FRCS Eng. a pioneer of 1837.
Portrait of Mary Burford
Portrait of early colonist Mary Burford woman wearing a lace trimmed black dress and holding a feathered wooden fan; an oil painting, unframed, signature 'Carl Friström' and date 1894 in bottom left corner. According to a family researcher, the woman is Mary Burford (nee Richardson), born 1845 and died 1921. She was the wife of William Burford (see portrait B 56297) and mother of the artist Frederick Rumsey Burford.