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Sir Vincent Fairfax

Sir Vincent Fairfax

Sir Vincent Fairfax

Sir Vincent Fairfax, 1981

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory, c. 1895

Charles Bayliss

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018

Dr. Arthur Martin a'Beckett

Dr. Arthur Martin a'Beckett

Dr. Arthur Martin a'Beckett

Dr. Arthur Martin a'Beckett, 1845

Charles Abraham

Portrait, cast plaster

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

William Lyne

William Lyne

William Lyne

William Lyne, late 1860s

Charles Woolley

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, c. 1863

John & Charles Watkins

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

William Lanne

William Lanne

William Lanne

William Lanne, c. 1866

J.W. Beattie after Charles Woolley

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by
Allanah Dopson & Nicholas Heyward 2009

Alexander MacLeay

Alexander MacLeay

Alexander MacLeay

Alexander MacLeay, c. 1845

Charles Fox after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts, 1878

George Baird Shaw

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Thoms family 2011

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

An Irish Patriot.

An Irish Patriot.

An Irish Patriot.

An Irish Patriot. "Why is Ireland Poor? I'm not!" [Sir Charles Gavan Duffy], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930

Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the Southern Cross before the east-west crossing of the Atlantic, June 1930, 1930

International News Photos Inc

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2019

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944

Charles Wheeler

Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board

Purchased 2019

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt, 1846

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased 2004

Lord Casey

Lord Casey

Lord Casey

Lord Casey, c. 1932

Charles Wheeler

Portrait, conté, brush and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003

The family

Big bouquet of Blackmans

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013

Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.

Self portrait

Fine and dandy

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010

Whether the result of misadventure or misdemeanour, many accomplished artists were transported to Australia where they ultimately left a positive mark on the history of art in this country.

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