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Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes, c. 1845

Joseph Karl Stieler

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

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.

Lola Montes

Bringing down a kingdom

The king and the showgirl

Portrait 37

September - November 2010

This issue features Jenny Sages, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, Brook Andrew's portrait of Marcia Langton, Nicholas Harding, Lola Montez, Mick Molloy and more.

Lola - Last Summer Days, 2021 Julian Kingma

Lola - Last Summer Days

Lola in utero, 2024 Jennie Groom

Lola in utero

The shield, 2009 by James Geer

The shield, 2009

Lily Brett

Lily Brett OAM

Lily Brett OAM (b. 1946) is a New York-based novelist, essayist and poet.

2 portraits in the collection

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1982

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Lily Brett

Lily Brett

Lily Brett

Lily Brett, n.d. (printed 2021)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1990

George Gittoes AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Robyn Archer AO 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of George Selth Coppin

The Multifarious Career of George Selth Coppin

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004

George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, was a driving force of the early Australian theatre.

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer AO

Robyn Archer AO (b. 1948), performer, writer and director, began singing at four years old.

3 portraits in the collection

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam, 1986 (printed 2019)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Barry Humphries

Talking heads

About Face article

In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.

Announcing.... In their own words

24 November 2020

Archived media releases 2020

Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.

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