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Matthew Burnett
Biography
Matthew Burnett (1839–1896), the ‘Yorkshire Evangelist’, spent more than twenty years denouncing alcohol in the Australian colonies.
1 portrait in the collection
Matthew Burnett, c. 1865
Henry Samuel Sadd
Portrait, steel engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman, c. 1880
William B. Latimer, W B Latimer Photo Art Studio
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite
Purchased 2013
Kylie
Magazine article by Margot Anderson, 2005
The Kylie exhibition celebrated the significant achievements of one of Australia's most internationally recognisable faces and gave the general public a rare glimpse into her glamorous life.
Sideshow Alley
Infamy, the macabre & the portrait
Previous exhibition, 2015
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.
The cost of living luxuriously
About Face article
In 1904, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia purchased as a gift for her sister, Queen Alexandra, a fan composed of two-color gold, guilloché enamel, mother-of-pearl, blond tortoiseshell, gold sequins, silk, cabochon rubies, and rose diamonds from the House of Fabergé in Saint Petersburg.
In and out of focus
Magazine article by Gael Newton, 2017
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
Portrait Donors
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Honour board