List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 1973 Archibald Prize for portraiture, listed by Artist and Title. 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 | ||
| Janet Dawson | Michael Boddy | 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., M.A., B.Litt. | ||
| Jean Isherwood | Roy Fluke | ||
| Louis Kahan | Professor Harry Messel | ||
| Robert Lassau | "Ma Craydon o' the Rocks" | ||
| Lynette Lee | Sheila Raphael | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |