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Lowe Kong Meng
Biography
Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
Lowe Kong Meng, 2017
Pamela See
Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing
Purchased 2019
Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887
Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Another ruin I
Meng-Yu Yan
Image
Margaux
Meng-Yu Yan
Image
Marilyn Kong
Biography
Marilyn Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Marlene Kong
Biography
Marlene Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor Kelvin Kong AM
Biography
Kelvin Kong AM is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Allan Lowe
Biography
Allan Lowe (1907-2007) is considered to be one of the major ceramic artists of his time particularly in the field of arthenware (lower-fired and more colourful work than stoneware).
1 portrait in the collection
Allan Lowe, c. 1955
Reshid Bey
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alan Lowe and Marian Lowe 2000
Dame Enid Lyons, c. 1943
Justine Kong Sing
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on ivory
Purchased 2016
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke
Biography
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892), politician, studied and tutored in law at Oxford before coming to Australia in 1842.
4 portraits in the collection
Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke), n.d.
Sem
Portrait, watercolour on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, 1870
Elliott and Fry
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Meeting by Murder
Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005
The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.