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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
Another ruin I
Meng-Yu Yan
Image
Margaux
Meng-Yu Yan
Image
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
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.
Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013
Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, colour lithograph on paper
Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005
Reshid Bey
Biography
Reshid Bey was a Victorian painter and teacher. Born in Berlin when his father was Turkish ambassador there, he came to Australia, his mother’s homeland, when he was a young man.
3 portraits in the collection
John Knatchbull
Biography
John Knatchbull (c. 1792-1844), naval captain and convict, served in the British navy before being convicted of stealing and transported to New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson, 1844
Charles Rodius, Hiberian Printing Office
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.