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Augustus Keppel
Biography
Augustus Keppel (1725–1786), naval officer, joined the navy at the age of ten and had risen to the rank of commander by the time he was nineteen.
1 portrait in the collection
The Right Honourable Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White Squadron, 1802
William Ridley, Bunney & Gold after George Romney
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Portrait of Augustus Leopold Küper, 1823
Johann Paul Georg Fischer
Portrait, watercolour over pencil on artist board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
The art of conciliation
Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
Augustus serendipitous
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
Portrait 52
Autumn 2016
Magazine
This issue feature articles on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016, Augustus Earle, Larry Clark, Jude Rae, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and more.
Victor Albert George Child-Villiers
Biography
Victor Albert George Child-Villiers (1845-1915) succeeded his father George Augustus (1808-1859), 6th earl, who had only held the title for three weeks, as 7th earl of Jersey in 1859.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Oswald Brierly
Biography
Sir Oswald Brierly (1817–1894), marine painter and adventurer, studied art, naval architecture and navigation in England before his fascination with seafaring caused him to sign up as staff artist on the Wanderer – a schooner owned by entrepreneur Benjamin Boyd, who was about to embark on a round-the-world trip.
1 portrait in the collection
Dora Toovey
Biography
Dora Toovey, born in Bathurst, trained in Sydney under Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo, James R Jackson (whom she married) and John Passmore.
2 portraits in the collection
James Quinn
Biography
James Quinn was born in Melbourne and trained at the NGV School before studying in Paris from the mid-1890s to 1902.
1 portrait in the collection
Justine Saunders
Biography
Justine Saunders (1953–2007), actress and woman of the Woppaburra people from the Kanomie clan of Keppel Island, amassed a solid body of work in film, television and theatre.
1 portrait in the collection
William Westall
Biography
William Westall (1781-1850), grew up in London and was taught to draw by his elder half-brother Richard, who was drawing master to Princess Victoria.
1 portrait in the collection
Edmund Edgar
Biography
Edmund Edgar (1804–1854), engraver and portrait painter, was convicted of robbery in London in 1825 and sentenced to transportation for life.
1 portrait in the collection
Jane Franklin, c. 1866-1875
an unknown artist after Thomas Bock
Portrait, carved marble relief
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Richard Fitzgerald, c. 1838
Edmund Edgar
Portrait, pencil and watercolour on paper
Gift in memory of Richard Kelynack Evans 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835
Benjamin Duterrau
Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009