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Portraits

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk

Shahleena Musk, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty

Rosie Batty, 2017

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2017

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1850 (published)

James Faed, W Wilding after John Watson Gordon

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Gough and John

Gough and John

Gough and John

Gough and John, 1981

Peter van der Veer

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox.

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox.

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox.

Edward Knox Jnr and Thomas Forster Knox., c. 1855

an unknown artist

Portrait, daguerreotype

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton, c. 1900

Nelson Illingworth

Portrait, cast plaster, painted

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012

Martha Knox

Martha Knox

Martha Knox

Martha Knox, c. 1855

an unknown artist

Portrait, daguerreotype

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010

Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy

Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy

Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy

Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy, 2010

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2012

Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt, 2017 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2021

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell

Portrait of Kenneth Rowell, 1967

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Margaret Olley 2002. Transferred from the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra, 1982 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

Barton and Watson

Barton and Watson

Barton and Watson

Barton and Watson, 1902

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Dame Mabel Brookes

Dame Mabel Brookes

Dame Mabel Brookes

Dame Mabel Brookes, c. 1955

Sir William Dargie CBE

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Rodney Davidson AO OBE 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William Robertson

William Robertson

William Robertson

William Robertson, c. 1852

an unknown artist

Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype, hand coloured with case

Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows, 1993

Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1934

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Purchased 2003

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