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Alexander Ramsay

Alexander Ramsay CBE (1914-1978), public servant, trained and worked as a teacher before gaining his degree at the University of Adelaide in 1941.

1 portrait in the collection

Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978

Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hugh Ramsay

Hugh Ramsay's letters were written while he was living in Paris to his family back in Australia.

Hugh Ramsay

Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906), painter, was born in Scotland but arrived in Australia as a baby.

3 portraits in the collection

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

Andrew Mitchell Ramsay

Andrew Mitchell Ramsay (1809-1869), clergyman, was Melbourne's first Presbyterian minister.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

Velasquez Touch

Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.

Wunderkind lost

Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.

Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865

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

Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba, 1902

Gift of the Mitchell Family and the Fullerton Family 2000

Stephanie Alexander AO

Stephanie Alexander AO (b. 1940), cook, restaurateur, food writer and philanthropist, has been a major influence on Australian food and culinary culture for 50 years.

1 portrait in the collection

Alexander Forrest

Alexander Forrest was a delegate from Western Australia at the Constitutional Convention, Sydney 1891.

1 portrait in the collection

Alexander Sturrock MBE

Jock Sturrock (1915–1997) was skipper of Gretel, the first Australian American’s Cup challenger in 1962 and was named Australian of the Year for his ‘plucky attempt’, his ‘modest and manly bearing’ and the ‘sporting spirit’ in which he and his crew accepted defeat.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Alexander C. Onslow

Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow (1842-1908), judge, was educated at Cambridge and practised law in England before being appointed attorney general of British Honduras in 1878.

1 portrait in the collection

Alexander Dalrymple

Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), hydrographer and writer, began work with the East India Company in Madras in 1752.

1 portrait in the collection