This is a list of finalists for the 1973 Archibald Prize for portraiture, listed by Artist and Title.[1] As the images are copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available.
| Artist | Title | Subject | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Armstrong | Max Charlesworth | |||
| Coralie Barr | Ethel Hayton, journalist | |||
| William Geoffrey Boissevain | Rose Skinner | |||
| Shirley Bourne | Professor A. D. Hope | |||
| Charles Bush | Barry Jones, MLA | |||
| Jo Caddy | Chris Coventry | |||
| Peter James Campbell | George Baldessin | |||
| Reg Campbell | John Kelly | |||
| Judy Cassab | Portrait of Olsen | |||
| Judy Cassab | Portrait of Orban | |||
| Peter Chapman | Laura | |||
| Kevin Connor | Albert Tucker | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/15383/ | ||
| Janet Dawson | Michael Boddy | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/19579/ Winner: Archibald Prize 1973 | ||
| Joan Dent | James Maxwell | |||
| Gundars Eglentals | Lionel Long | |||
| Maximilian Feuerring | Self-portrait | |||
| Helen French-Kennedy | A J Grassby | |||
| Don Gallagher | Gaye McDermott | |||
| Edna Garran-Brown | Joanne Thew | |||
| Penelope Gilbert | Mr Michael Somare, Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea | |||
| Allan Hansen | Self-portrait | |||
| Newton Hedstrom | Self-portrait | |||
| John Henshaw | Frank Hinder | |||
| Nora Heysen | Hottie Lahm | |||
| Graeme Inson | Alderman Sir Emmett McDermott as Lord Mayor of Sydney | |||
| Graeme Inson | B. H. Travers, O.B.E., B.A.(Syd.), M.A., B.Litt.(Oxon.) | |||
| Jean Isherwood | Roy Fluke | |||
| Louis Kahan | Professor Harry Messel | |||
| Robert Lassau | "Ma Craydon o' the Rocks" | |||
| Lynette Lee | Sheila Raphael | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/17033/ | ||
| Vaike Liibus | Stan de Teliga | |||
| Vaike Liibus | The Hon Sir Percy Spender, KEVO, KBE, Kt StJ, QC | |||
| Lance McNeill | Graham Perkin, Editor-in-Chief, "The Age" Newspaper, Melbourne | |||
| John V. Maudson | John Hannes | |||
| Jocelyn Maughan | Dr Hastings Willis | |||
| Vladas Meskenas | Elwyn Lynn | |||
| Robin Norling | Husband and wipe | |||
| Edwa Owen | Mrs. Estelle Wakelin | |||
| L. Scott Pendlebury | Max Jost | |||
| James Grainger Phillips | Unk White | |||
| Lesley Pockley | Hugh Paget, O.B.E., M.A. (Oxon.) | |||
| Ralph Podolski | Mr. J.W. Mcmillan, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Eng.Sc., M.A., Registrar, The New South Wales Institute of Technology | |||
| Clifton Pugh | Playwright David Williamson | |||
| John Thomas Rigby | Lady Cilento (Medical mother) | |||
| Thea Rutledge | Portrait of Jack Pritchett, past Commodore, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club | |||
| Andrew Sibley | Rodney Hall | |||
| Eric John Smith | Rudy Komon, OBE | |||
| Eric John Smith | Patrick White | |||
| Joshua Smith | Ian F. Potts, F.R.C.S. | |||
| Sylvia Tiarks | Self-portrait | |||
| Loola Uannw | William Anderson | |||
| Richard Zmija | Self-portrait | |||
| Reinis Zusters | Rolf Harris |