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The importance of being bearded
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2012
Joanna Gilmour discovers that the beards of the ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills were as epic as their expedition to traverse Australia from south to north.
My dream job
Magazine article by David Thomas AM, 2012
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
Around the grounds
Magazine article by Dr Anne Sanders, 2010
Anne Sanders writes about the exhibitions Victoria & Albert: Art & Love on display at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace and the retrospective of Sir Thomas Lawrence at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Public hanging
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
Poison pen
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010
Michael Desmond examines the career of the eighteenth-century suspected poisoner and portrait artist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
A man of superior attainments
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of a colonial portrait artist, writer and rogue Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
The Final Frontier
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2002
Magda Keaney talks with Montalbetti+Campbell about their photographic portrait of Australian astronaut Andy Thomas.
Fine and dandy
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Whether the result of misadventure or misdemeanour, many accomplished artists were transported to Australia where they ultimately left a positive mark on the history of art in this country.
Pre-Raphaelite Profile
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
Spikes: then and now
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
As part of its ongoing program of commissions of portraits of prominent Australians, the National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a portrait of Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson by South Australian artist Avril Thomas.
Dane reign
Magazine article by Mette Skougaard and Thomas Lyngby, 2018
Mette Skougaard and Thomas Lyngby bring eloquent context to Ralph Heimans’ portraits of Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.
Tiny Trace of a Colonial Giant
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
At just 7.8 x 6.2 cm, the daguerreotype of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa is one of the smallest works in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Bonfire of the vanities
Magazine article by Stuart Purves, 2016
Australian Galleries Director Stuart Purves tells the story of two portraits by John Brack.
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Portrait 49
Winter 2015
Magazine
This issue features Jude Rae, Arthur Boyd, Darren McDonald, John Singer Sargent, Tom Wills the 'inventor' of Australian Rules Football and more.
Portrait 61
Summer 2018/19
Magazine
Max Dupain's unknown portrait subjects, phrenologist Madame Sibly, Indigenous-European relationships, Thomas Gainsborough and more.