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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.

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James Heath

James Heath commenced an apprenticeship with an engraver named Joseph Collyer at the age of fourteen.

2 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Captain Edward Riou

Portrait of Captain Edward Riou

Portrait of Captain Edward Riou

Portrait of Captain Edward Riou, 1801

James Heath after Samuel Shelley

Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798

James Heath, G G & J Robinson

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, 1869

Archibald McDonald, Henry Samuel Sadd

Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Heath Ledger, Prague

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia.

3 portraits in the collection

Heath

Heath Bergersen

Heath Bergersen (b. 1976) is an Indigenous actor working across Australian television series and movies.

1 portrait in the collection

Heath

Heath Bergersen

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Heath Ledger, Prague

Heath Ledger, Prague

Heath Ledger, Prague

Heath Ledger, Prague, 2000 (printed 2009)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with the assistance of Alan Dodge AM 2009

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2020

Brett Canét-Gibson & Heath Bergersen

Brett Canét-Gibson & Heath Bergersen

'My influence is around 1850'

Brett Canét-Gibson on making a portrait with Heath Bergersen.

Heath

Heath

Heath

Heath, 2020 (printed 2022)

Brett Canét-Gibson

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2022

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu, 2021

James Tylor, Craig Tuffin, Dr Elisa deCourcy

Portrait, 1/4 plate daguerreotype in a leather case lined with Nantu Watpa Grey Kangaroo fur

Purchased 2022

Captain Wilson

James Wilson

James Wilson (1760–1840), naval officer, was the commander of a ship called the Duff, which in 1797 brought a group of missionaries from the London Missionary Society to Tahiti.

1 portrait in the collection

James Oswald Fairfax

James Fairfax AO

James Oswald Fairfax AC (1933-2017) was the eldest son of Sir Warwick Fairfax.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir James McNeill

Sir James McNeill CBE

Sir James McNeill CBE (1916-1987) was chairman of BHP from 1977 to 1984.

1 portrait in the collection

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