Purchased 2017
Gift of John McPhee 2018
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018
At first glance, this small watercolour group portrait of her two sons and four daughters by Maria Caroline Brownrigg (d. 1880) may seem prosaic, even hesitant
Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988), writer and editor, was educated at Geelong Grammar and the University of Melbourne before serving in New Guinea during World War 2.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lyn Williams AM 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.
