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Regarding Henrys
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Private practice
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2008
David Smith portrayed Dr Henry Crock without the accoutrements of an orthopaedic surgeon, adding to the National Portrait Gallery's collection of eminent Australian medical practitioners. 
The considered life
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2010
Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.
Fits of delicacy and despair
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.
Portrait 27
March - May 2008
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine feature Lucian Frued, John Witzig, colonial death portraits, William Kinghorne, Henry Crock, and more.
When birds no longer sing
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2024
Emma Kindred looks at the career of Joan Ross, whose work subverts colonial imagery and its legacy with the clash of fluorescent yellow.
A new perspective
Magazine article by Celina Fox, 2006
An exhibition devoted to Hans Holbein's English commissions shows the portraitist bringing across the Channel new technical developments in art - with a dazzling facility.
Presence and absence
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2018
The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.
Mrs Cameron and the V&A
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2003
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Chance encounter
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the life and times of one of Melbourne's early socialites, Jessie Eyre Williams.
Icons and imagery
Magazine article by Alison Weir, 2011
Alison Weir explores the National Portrait Gallery, London and the BP Portrait Award to find what makes a good painted portrait - past and present.
Of beef in burgundy
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2017
Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.
The fat of the land
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Someone to watch over you
Magazine article by Carrie Kibbler, 2013
Carrie Kibbler looks at how portraiture fits into the Australian Artbank Collection.
String of Pearls
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2001
Andrew Sayers discusses the portrait of Dr Joan Croll AO by the Australian artist John Brack.
Bloodlines
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2004
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).