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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Ellen Stirling
Ellen Stirling
Ellen Stirling
Thomas Phillips

Ellen Stirling, c. 1828

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2008

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson
John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson
John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson
Charles Rodius, Hiberian Printing Office

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson, 1844

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP), 1903

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland
The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland
The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland
an unknown artist

The Aboriginal community of Lake Tyers, Gippsland, c. 1890

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper on card

Purchased 2010

Marion Borgelt
Marion Borgelt
Marion Borgelt
Cherry Hood

Marion Borgelt, 2001

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Gift of Marion Borgelt 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Simon Tedeschi unplugged
Simon Tedeschi unplugged
Simon Tedeschi unplugged
Cherry Hood

Simon Tedeschi unplugged, 2002

Portrait, watercolour on canvas

Gift of Tim Olsen 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Megan Gale
Megan Gale
Megan Gale
Ellen Dahl

Megan Gale, 2002

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

Margaret Seares
Margaret Seares
Margaret Seares
Cherry Hood

Margaret Seares, 2018

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Edith Ellen Williams
Edith Ellen Williams
Edith Ellen Williams
Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co

Edith Ellen Williams, c. 1871

Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016

Elizabeth Carter
Elizabeth Carter
Elizabeth Carter
Harold Cazneaux

Elizabeth Carter, c. 1920

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010

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Cherry Hood

Biography

Cherry Hood (b. c. 1950), is an artist well known for her haunting, large-scale images of faces.

3 portraits in the collection

Ellen Stirling

Lady Ellen Stirling

Biography

Lady Ellen Stirling (1807-1874) was the third daughter of James Mangles of Woodbridge in Surrey, a Director of the East India Company and later an MP.

1 portrait in the collection

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart

Biography

Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP (1853-1917) was MP for West Somerset from 1892 to 1911, when he was created Lord St Audries.

1 portrait in the collection

image not online

Ellen Dahl

Biography

Ellen Dahl (b. 1968) grew up in Hammerfest in Norway and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.

1 portrait in the collection

Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter

Biography

Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Carter (née Hill, 1845-1927) was one of the eight children born to Sydney cabinetmaker and undertaker John Hill jnr and his wife Elizabeth - the step-daughter of ex-convict boatman, John Cadman.

1 portrait in the collection

Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880)
Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880)
Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880)
an unknown artist

Ned Kelly the Bushranger (from The Australasian Sketcher, 7 August 1880), 1880

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2002

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