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Chang Woo Gow
Biography
Chang Woo Gow (1840s-1893), known as Chang the Chinese Giant, made the first of his public appearances in London in the mid 1860s.
6 portraits in the collection
Chang Woo Gow, 2017
Pamela See
Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing
Purchased 2019
Chang the Chinese giant and party, c. 1871
Paterson Brothers
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Chang the Chinese giant in European dress with Chinese boy and three European men, one of whom is his manager, c. 1871
Archibald McDonald
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased 2010
Chang the Chinese Giant with his wife Kin Foo and manager Edward Parlett, c. 1871
Archibald McDonald
Portrait, albumen photograph carte de visite
Purchased 2010
Chang the Chinese giant with his wife Kin Foo, c. 1871
an unknown artist
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Chang the Chinese giant with his manager cowering on the floor, c. 1871
an unknown artist
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
The portrait writ large
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2015
Karen Vickery on Chang the Chinese giant in Australia.
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Biography
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) (b. 1960), in a Sydney based portrait painter.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Teo, 2012
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Eleonora Triguboff 2013
Emile Sherman, 2012
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist and Yanping Zhu 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The Australian Tom Thumb (John David Armstrong), c. 1880
J D. Cooper
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased 2014
Portrait of Frank Lowy AC, 2014
Paul Newton
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John David Armstrong
Biography
John David Armstrong (1857–1943) was a sideshow and vaudeville performer known as ‘The Australian Tom Thumb’.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Lowy AC
Biography
Sir Frank Lowy AC (b. 1930) businessman, property developer and philanthropist, founded the Westfield group of shopping centres.
2 portraits in the collection
Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014
22 August 2014
Archived media releases 2014
Press releases for media.