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Self portrait, exhibited 1929 Doris Zinkeisen

Self portrait

Doris Zinkeisen

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry)

Alfred Barry

Alfred Barry (1826-1910), Anglican bishop of Sydney and primate of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, was educated at King’s College, London and at Cambridge.

2 portraits in the collection

Henry Wade

Henry Wade

Henry Wade (1810–1854), surveyor, was trained in surveying at Dublin College before being employed as a civilian assistant by the Royal Engineers Corps.

1 portrait in the collection

Milton Glaser Art is Work

Sam Haskins

Portraits & Other Stories

Previous exhibition, 2006

Haskins is known for his poetic combinations of images and this exhibition of 'extended' portraits builds on this approach.

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington), 1892

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Les Darcy

Les Darcy

Les Darcy

Les Darcy, c. 1917

Cameron Studios

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Heath Ledger, Prague

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia.

3 portraits in the collection

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer, c. 1910

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Dr Alfred Barry

Dr Alfred Barry

Dr Alfred Barry

Dr Alfred Barry, c. 1870

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Elle Macpherson

Australian visit in Denmark

Magazine article by Mette Skougaard, 2006

In April 2006 the National Portrait Gallery showcased Australian portraits at the Fredenksborg Castle in Denmark.

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry)

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry)

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry)

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry), 1884

Albert Fradelle

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)

Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie

Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860–1940) had served four years in the House of Commons before being appointed governor of Queensland in October 1895.

1 portrait in the collection

Richie Benaud

Richie Benaud OBE

Richie Benaud OBE (1930–2015), cricketer and cricket commentator, played sixty-three Tests for Australia between 1952 and 1964.

1 portrait in the collection

William Morris, 1870 George Frederic Watts

William Morris

George Frederic Watts

The Textiles Scientist, 2018 by Kate Atkinson

Textiles Scientist Voted the People’s Favourite

Archived media releases 2019

The black and white portrait of an elderly woman with sidelong glance and irreverent, contemplative smile has taken out the people’s choice award in this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol

The last bushrangers

It's Complicated

Brothers in harms

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