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

Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott
Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Lucy Escott, c. 1861

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2009

Lucy Culliton
Lucy Culliton
Lucy Culliton
Greg Weight

Lucy Culliton, 2003

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Richard Butler
Richard Butler
Richard Butler
Lucy Meadows

Richard Butler, 1859

Portrait, watercolour and pencil on paper

Purchased 2019

Annie Butler
Annie Butler
Annie Butler
Lucy Meadows

Annie Butler, 1859

Portrait, watercolour and pencil on buff board

Purchased 2019

Mrs Grey
Mrs Grey
Mrs Grey
Theresa Walker

Mrs Grey, c. 1845

Portrait, cast wax

Purchased 1999

Henry Squires
Henry Squires
Henry Squires
Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Henry Squires, c. 1861

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2009

Minnie Walton
Minnie Walton
Minnie Walton
Fradelle & Marshall

Minnie Walton, c. 1874

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Mrs Grey

Lady Eliza Lucy Grey

Biography

Eliza Lucy Spencer (c. 1819-1898) was the daughter of the Government Resident at Albany, who was succeeded by George Grey.

1 portrait in the collection

Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC
Jiawei Shen

Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001

Portrait, ball point pen on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003

Preparatory study of Tom Hughes
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes
Jiawei Shen

Preparatory study of Tom Hughes, 2003

Portrait, brown chalk and pastel on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003

Lucy Culliton, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Lucy Culliton

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Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.

Portrait of Cate Blanchett
Portrait of Cate Blanchett
Portrait of Cate Blanchett
David Rosetzky

Portrait of Cate Blanchett, 2008

Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, sound, 9 minutes, 56 seconds

Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2008

Hon Tom Hughes KC
Hon Tom Hughes KC
Hon Tom Hughes KC
Jiawei Shen

Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003

Bill Leak
Bill Leak
Bill Leak
Simon Obarzanek

Bill Leak, 1999

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley
Henry Samuel Sadd

The Honorable Sir Frederick Darley, c. 1887

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

George Selth Coppin
George Selth Coppin
George Selth Coppin
an unknown artist

George Selth Coppin, c. 1863

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

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