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Davies & Co
Julia Matthews, c. 1862
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Julia Matthews
Biography
Julia Matthews (1842-1876), actress and singer, came to Australia as a girl with her parents, and made her debut at Sydney's Royal Victoria Theatre in 1854, aged twelve.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Brew-Bevan
Julia Gillard, 2013
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2013
an unknown artist
Portrait of Julia Swan, c. 1842
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
Linda Marrinon
Woman with green rose (Portrait of Julia Zemiro), 2025
Portrait, tinted and painted plaster with muslin
Purchased 2025
Grant Matthews
Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of John McLean 2008
Howard Matthews
Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Julia Margaret Cameron
Edward John Eyre, 1867
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper
Presented by Sir Roy Strong and the late Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman in memory of their friendship with Gordon Darling and Marilyn Darling 2006
Howard Matthews
Biography
Part of the Melbourne intellectual avant-garde of the 1940s, Howard Matthews was a brilliant student.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Matthews
Biography
In 1997 Grant Matthews successfully sued Consolidated Press for unauthorised reproduction of one of his photographs.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Swan
Biography
Harriet and Julia Swan were daughters of the successful Hobart merchant John Swan (1796–1858), who emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land in 1823 with his wife and first four daughters.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Margaret Cameron
Biography
Julia Margaret Cameron was of the most important photographers of the nineteenth century.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Gillard AC
Biography
Julia Gillard AC (b. 1961) was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013.
1 portrait in the collection
an unknown artist
Portrait of Harriet Swan, c. 1842
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
Melissa Beowulf
Donald Horne, 2000
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Julia Horne and Nick Horne
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2015
Melbourne and Sydney Photographic Co
Robert O'Hara Burke, c. 1860
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001