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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Edmund Jowett
Edmund Jowett
Edmund Jowett
Boz

Edmund Jowett, 1917

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Edmund Jowett

Edmund Jowett

Biography

Edmund Jowett (1858-1936), pastoralist, businessman and politician, was the son of a stuffmaker and learned the wool trade at his uncle's mill in Thornton, Yorkshire.

1 portrait in the collection

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton
The Federal Leader Edmund Barton
The Federal Leader Edmund Barton
Nelson Illingworth

The Federal Leader Edmund Barton, c. 1900

Portrait, cast plaster, painted

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012

Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton
Crown Studios

Edmund Barton, c. 1903

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Edmund Capon
Edmund Capon
Edmund Capon
Gary Grealy

Edmund Capon, 2011

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Edmund Capon
Edmund Capon
Edmund Capon
Neil Duncan

Edmund Capon, c. 1986 (printed 2019)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Australia (Sir Edmund Barton)
Australia (Sir Edmund Barton)
Australia (Sir Edmund Barton)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Australia (Sir Edmund Barton), 1902

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson), 1875

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

A Town Clerk. "He Rules the Roost" [Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon]
A Town Clerk. "He Rules the Roost" [Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon]
A Town Clerk. "He Rules the Roost" [Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon]
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Town Clerk. "He Rules the Roost" [Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon], 1875

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Barton and Watson
Barton and Watson
Barton and Watson
G. H. Dancey

Barton and Watson, 1902

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Purchased 2012

Richard Fitzgerald
Richard Fitzgerald
Richard Fitzgerald
Edmund Edgar

Richard Fitzgerald, c. 1838

Portrait, pencil and watercolour on paper

Gift in memory of Richard Kelynack Evans 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

First High Court of Australia
First High Court of Australia
First High Court of Australia
an unknown artist

First High Court of Australia, c. 1903

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Mr Barton 'Overworked'
Mr Barton 'Overworked'
Mr Barton 'Overworked'
Livingston Hopkins

Mr Barton 'Overworked', 1893

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

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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

Edmund Barton

The Rt. Hon Sir Edmund Barton GCMG PC KC

Biography

Sir Edmund Barton GCMG PC KC (1849-1920), Australia’s first prime minister, was the youngest of nine children of a well-educated woman.

6 portraits in the collection

Edmund Capon

Edmund Capon AM OBE

Biography

Edmund Capon AM OBE (1940–2019), gallery director, commenced his museum career at a commercial gallery in London whilst a student at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

2 portraits in the collection

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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