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Katharine Brisbane

Katharine Brisbane

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1974

Katharine Brisbane

Katharine Brisbane

Katharine Brisbane

Katharine Brisbane, 1982 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Thomas Mackdougall Brisbane

Thomas Mackdougall Brisbane (1773-1860) was born into an aristocratic Scottish family and entered the army at the age of 16.

2 portraits in the collection

Mabel Forrest

Mabel Forrest

Mabel Forrest

Mabel Forrest, 1917

Murray Studio (Brisbane & Gympie)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1842

Frederick Bromley after Robert Frain

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1850 (published)

James Faed, W Wilding after John Watson Gordon

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Strong Avenue, Graceville, Brisbane, 2022 Stuart Miller

Strong Avenue, Graceville, Brisbane

Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane

Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane

Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane

Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane, 1982

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Troy Cassar-Daley, Brisbane

Troy Cassar-Daley, Brisbane

Troy Cassar-Daley, Brisbane

Troy Cassar-Daley, Brisbane, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Season of Change, 2021 Maxim Chikanchi

Season of Change

Maxim Chikanchi

Gav & Ray, 2007 by Richard Walker

Gav & Ray, 2007

by Richard Walker

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Daphne Mayo MBE

Daphne Mayo MBE (1895–1982), sculptor, was born in Sydney and moved to Brisbane as a child.

1 portrait in the collection

Video still from Dream Job, 2011 by David M Thomas

David M Thomas

Previous exhibition, 2011

Since 1993 Brisbane-based artist David M Thomas has investigated self identity through art works that encompass painting, text, audio, video and performance.

Kevin Weldon

Kevin Weldon AM

Kevin Weldon (1933-2023), businessman and philanthropist, spent his early years in Ingham in far north Queensland, where his father ran a car dealership.

1 portrait in the collection

Tony Albert, 2024 Keith Burt

Tony Albert

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Davida Allen

Davida Allen is a Queensland artist. As a student at Brisbane's Stuartholme School in the 1960s she had Betty Churcher as an art teacher.

2 portraits in the collection

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