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Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-c. 1848) went to school and university in Germany but the range of his interests was such that he never actually graduated (he was later called Dr Leichhardt in recognition of his broad scholarship).

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt

Dr Ludwig Leichhardt, 1846

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased 2004

Lola Montes

You beauty

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010

Joanna Gilmour explores the fact and fictions surrounding the legendary life of Irish-born dancer Lola Montez.

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker (1808-1861), was an artist, naturalist and explorer. He was born in Germany and trained as an artist there, and after arriving in Tasmania in 1851 he settled in Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker, 1861

Frederick Schoenfeld

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887

Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

W. A. (Sir John Forrest)

Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG

Sir John Forrest (1847-1918), explorer and politician, trained as a surveyor and led an 1869 expedition in search of Ludwig Leichhardt.

2 portraits in the collection

Antonio Intili - Sartoria (Tailor Shop) #1, 2024 George Fetting

Antonio Intili - Sartoria (Tailor Shop) #1

Lola Montes

Bringing down a kingdom

The king and the showgirl

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1849

Portrait, pastel with ink wash on paper

Purchased 2009

Self portrait

Elegance in exile

Portrait drawings from colonial Australia

Previous exhibition, 2012

Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur, 1911

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service 2020

Eccleston Du Faur

Frederick E. Du Faur

Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), environmentalist, public servant and arts patron, came to Australia from his native London in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

Stephen and Angelo, 2021 George Fetting

Stephen and Angelo

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes, c. 1845

Joseph Karl Stieler

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

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François Jacques Dequevauvillier

François Jacques Dequevauviller was the son of the French engraver Nicolas-Barthelemy François Dequevauviller (1745–1807).

1 portrait in the collection

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