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Of Burke, Wills ... and wills
It's Complicated
Infatuation and (ill-fated) exploration
A head for business and a heart for love
Lust
For love, not money
The last bushrangers
It's Complicated
Brothers in harms
She saved his life. He showed her painting.
Nearest & Dearest
Leaders, painters, friends
Who's Jo?
General content
Find out about the curator of the exhibition.
Who is Lillie Roberts?
Devotion
Talented wife for a talented husband
To coin a (farewell) phrase
Devotion
A penny for their thoughts
Street fare
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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.
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board
Icons Syndicate
Listed alphabetically
Honour board
2020 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
2021 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Allow me to introduce...
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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.
Alfredo Esquillo Jr
by Patrick D. Flores
Artist essays
Born in Manila in 1972, Alfredo Esquillo Jr majored in painting at University of Santo Thomas.
Presenting… Shirley Purdie’s Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery this week launches an online exhibition of Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe to coincide with Reconciliation Week.
NPPP 2009 exhibition essay
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Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2009 Prize.