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The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks), 1795 (printed 1851)

Portrait, etching, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Douglas Stewart Fine Books 2013

Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist

Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist

Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist

Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist, c. 1870

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite photograph

Purchased 2017

Therese Desmond

Therese Desmond

Therese Desmond

Therese Desmond, 1919-1920

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Madeleine Howell 2013

Captain Wilson

Captain Wilson

Captain Wilson

Captain Wilson, 1819

Freeman, T Hamilton

Portrait, Engraving on paper

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

A Chief Secretary

A Chief Secretary

A Chief Secretary

A Chief Secretary "Blunt, but Honest" [The Hon. James Goodall Francis], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

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Sir James Forrest, 1978

William Boissevain

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Alcoa World Alumina Australia 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

A Politician

A Politician

A Politician

A Politician "Unlock the Lands!" [The Hon. James MacPhearson Grant], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Archbishop James Goold

Archbishop James Goold

Archbishop James Goold

Archbishop James Goold, c. 1870

Archibald McDonald

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

The Hon. James Whyte

The Hon. James Whyte

The Hon. James Whyte

The Hon. James Whyte, c. 1874

John Hubert Newman

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dr James Moorhouse

Dr James Moorhouse

Dr James Moorhouse

Dr James Moorhouse, 1878-1879

Thomas Foster Chuck and Son

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

The Hon. Sir James Dowling

The Hon. Sir James Dowling

The Hon. Sir James Dowling

The Hon. Sir James Dowling, c. 1860

Henry Samuel Sadd

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Bishop James Moore

Bishop James Moore

Bishop James Moore

Bishop James Moore, c. 1888-1889

Thomas Foster Chuck

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Archbishop James Knox

Archbishop James Knox

Archbishop James Knox

Archbishop James Knox, n.d.

Portrait, pencil and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Omai

Omai

Omai

Omai, 1777

James Caldwall after William Hodges

Portrait, copper-line engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

A Right Worshipful.

A Right Worshipful.

A Right Worshipful.

A Right Worshipful. "He objects to Ladies" [James Gatehouse, Mayor of Melbourne, 1874-1875], 1874

Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Nick Farr-Jones

Nick Farr-Jones

Nick Farr-Jones

Nick Farr-Jones, 2019

James Brickwood

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2019

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