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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.

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Kid A, 2014 by Joshua Morris

Kid A, 2014

by Joshua Morris

Shogun, 2015 by Joshua Morris

Shogun, 2015

by Joshua Morris

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Christopher Morris

Christopher Morris studied photography at Griffith University in Brisbane in the mid 1990s, during which he photographed many of the leading names in contemporary music including U2, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

1 portrait in the collection

Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie (b. 1938) is a Melbourne-based author of fiction. Born to Jewish parents who had fled Poland before World War 2, he studied architecture and worked in advertising before turning to writing full-time.

1 portrait in the collection

Fifteen, 2016 by Fiona Morris

Fifteen, 2016

by Fiona Morris

Portrait of Joshua Payne Esq.

Joshua Payne

Joshua Payne (1810–1889), engraver and die-sinker, arrived in Adelaide around 1849 and was soon after employed by the Adelaide Assay Office.

1 portrait in the collection

Joshua Ross

Joshua Ross

Joshua Ross (b. 1981) excelled at athletics as a child, but didn't take up sprinting in earnest until 2000, inspired by watching the Sydney Olympics on television.

1 portrait in the collection

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith studied sculpture with Rayner Hoff and took classes in drawing and painting at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School.

6 portraits in the collection

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), acknowledged as one of the world's great portraitists, was master of portraits in the 'Grand Manner', replete with moral and heroic symbolism.

3 portraits in the collection

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1965

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Self portrait at 85, 1990

Portrait, oil on primed masonite

Gift of the late May Ralph 2019

Portrait of Mr W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia

William Morris Hughes

William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) was Labor and National Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.

4 portraits in the collection

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith, c. 1955

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie, 1994

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2004

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning, 2003

Christopher Morris

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Billy Hughes

Billy Hughes

Billy Hughes

Billy Hughes, n.d.

Portrait, pen and ink wash on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

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