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Joel, Mitchell Queensland, 2014 by Matthew Abbott

Joel, Mitchell Queensland, 2014

by Matthew Abbott

The 70 year old jetty jumper, 2011 by Alex Frayne

Alex Frayne

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow, 1896

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006

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William Fernyhough

William Henry Fernyhough (1809-1849) was a sketcher, silhouette artist, lithographer and draughtsman who immigrated to Sydney in 1836.

13 portraits in the collection

Hong Fu

Hong Fu

My subject, he is a writer. He is a big name, very famous writer, Alex Miller, age 85.

Piper, the native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his expedition to the interior

John Piper

Piper (life dates unknown), also known as John Piper, was a Wiradjuri man who acted as a guide to Thomas Mitchell’s surveying expedition along the Murray and Darling Rivers into present-day Victoria in 1836.

2 portraits in the collection

Youthful intrigue, 2014 by Stuart Elwin

Youthful intrigue, 2014

by Stuart Elwin

Lindy Lee - Birth and Death, 2006 by Robert Scott-Mitchell

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2007

Previous exhibition, 2007

Photography is the most pervasive and popular medium for portraiture and makes a natural fit with the Gallery, being a natural extension of the Gallery's longstanding commitment to photography as a contemporary portrait medium.

Alexandra Schepisi, 2011 by Anita Beaney

Alexandra Schepisi, 2011

by Anita Beaney

Study for the portrait of Aldo Giurgola

Study for the portrait of Aldo Giurgola

Study for the portrait of Aldo Giurgola

Study for the portrait of Aldo Giurgola, 2005

Portrait, gouache, fibre tip pen and natural pigment on colour photocopy

Gift of the artist 2005

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks, 2018 by Alana Holmberg

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

Previous exhibition, 2019

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

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Freeman Brothers

James Freeman, who is credited with bringing the wet-plate photographic process to New South Wales, arrived in Sydney in 1854 to join his brother William, who had arrived the year before.

9 portraits in the collection

Mr Mortimer Lewis

Little treasures

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2002

The acquisition of the ivory miniatures of Mortimer and Mrs Lewis.

2020, 2021 Jaq Grantford

Darling Portrait Prize 2022

Previous exhibition, 2022

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.

The making of SKIN in Bare

Youth theatre comes to the Gallery

General content

Responding to Bare, Canberra Youth Theatre in partnership with the Gallery presented a performance that explores identity.

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