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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs, c. 1914

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007

The Gladiators (Norm Provan and Arthur Summons)

The Gladiators (Norm Provan and Arthur Summons)

The Gladiators (Norm Provan and Arthur Summons)

The Gladiators (Norm Provan and Arthur Summons), 1963 (printed 1970s)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington, 1841

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

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Jack Lang, life mask, n.d.

Portrait, fibreglass and resin

Purchased 2000

Artist and wife near Arthurs Seat, 1969

Through blue eyes

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009

Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.

Tea time, c.1898–1902 by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947)

Impressions

Painting light and life

Previous exhibition, 2011

Impressions: Painting light and life presents portraits by, and of, artists at the heart of Australian impressionism including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.

The sisters, 1904

Beguiling impressions

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012

Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board

New South Wales State Repatriation Board, c. 1920

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2012

Peace and War (Mr A. G. Hales)

Peace and War (Mr A. G. Hales)

Peace and War (Mr A. G. Hales)

Peace and War (Mr A. G. Hales), 1908

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog, c. 1909

H. Walter Barnett

Portrait, platinum photograph on printed card

Purchased 2001

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland, 1983

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002

Arthur and Ria Murch

Arthur and Ria Murch

Arthur and Ria Murch

Arthur and Ria Murch, 1945

Margaret Michaelis

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Ellen Stirling

Duty bound

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009

Joanna Gilmour explores the life of colonial women Lady Ellen Stirling, Eliza Darling, Lady Eliza Arthur, Elizabeth Macquarie and Lady Jane Franklin.

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King, 1789

William Skelton after J. Wright

Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

Lieutenant King

Philip Gidley King

Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), naval officer and governor, joined the navy in late 1770 and served in the East Indies and American waters.

1 portrait in the collection

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