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Lola Montes, c. 1845
Joseph Karl Stieler
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
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.
Bringing down a kingdom
Lust
The king and the showgirl
Portrait 37
September - November 2010
Magazine
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
Julian Kingma
Image
The shield, 2009
by James Geer
Image
Lily Brett OAM
Biography
Lily Brett OAM (b. 1946) is a New York-based novelist, essayist and poet.
2 portraits in the collection
Robyn Archer, 1982
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2003
Lily Brett, n.d. (printed 2021)
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021
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.
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 AO
Biography
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, 1986 (printed 2019)
Neil Duncan
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
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.
Primed
Some Prime Ministers
Previous exhibition, 2019
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.