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Street fare
General content
The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.
King Edward Terrace
Behind the street name
Visiting the gallery
King Edward Terrace was named in honour of King Edward VII (1841-1910)
Baby Guerrilla
Artists and Collectives
Baby Guerrilla is a street artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her exquisite large-scale drawings of figures made into paste-ups celebrate humanity.
Portrait of a nation
Australian Schools Portrait Project
Learning resource archive
Explore portraits of those who had a Canberra suburb or street named after them. For primary students.
Calling all family history buffs
3 July 2017
Archived media releases 2017
The National Portrait Gallery is calling on family history enthusiasts and amateur historians to tell it more about the people in its new show, Dempsey’s People: A folio of British street portraits from 1824-1844.
Rare Set of Watercolour Paintings on Display for the First Time
15 June 2017
Archived media releases 2017
A rare and enchanting collection of 52 portraits of British street people will be on display for the first time in the National Portrait Gallery’s winter show, Dempsey’s People: a folio of British street portraits 1824-1844.
Vulnerability
More about In the flesh
London-based artist Ron Mueck creates an intense awareness of the different ways in which we experience vulnerability and a strong sense of tenderness is never far away.
John Dempsey folio
General content
View the full collection of portraits in the exhibition.
Do you know more?
General content
The National Portrait Gallery is calling on family history enthusiasts and amateur historians to help reveal more about the people in Dempsey’s People: A folio of British street portraits from 1824-1844.
Pedestrian Access
Location
Directions for walking to the Gallery from Civic.
National Portrait Gallery Director's tenure ends in triumph
30 November 2018
Archived media releases 2018
National Portrait Gallery Director Angus Trumble is ending his five-year tenure with a flourish, after announcing that Gallery publication Dempsey’s People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824-1844 has been awarded the 2018 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.
The Waxworks
General content
Waxworks were among the various types of entertainment venue to emerge in Australian cities in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Freak Show
General content
Many performers availed themselves of the services of photographic studios, posing for carte de visite portraits that served as souvenirs and as instruments in the making of renown and notoriety.
Allow me to introduce...
General content
These full-length figures in watercolour, gouache and pencil date mostly from the 1820s, and almost all come from the collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
Janet Tavener
Finalist interviews
Mikala is the eldest of my three daughters. I have photographed her on many an occasion. Needless to say we are both extremely at home with the practice.
Angus Trumble
12 October 2022
Media
Members of the Board, Foundation and staff of the National Portrait Gallery are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Angus Trumble.