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Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887
Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co
Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Ludwig Becker
Biography
Ludwig Becker (1808-1861), was an artist, naturalist and explorer. He was born in Germany and trained as an artist there, and after arriving in Tasmania in 1851 he settled in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Ludwig Becker, 1861
Frederick Schoenfeld
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt
Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-c. 1848) went to school and university in Germany but the range of his interests was such that he never actually graduated (he was later called Dr Leichhardt in recognition of his broad scholarship).
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Ludwig Leichhardt, 1846
Charles Rodius
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased 2004
Mark Lang
Biography
Mark Lang has worked as a photographer for twenty-five years and specialises in large format panoramic photographs of Australian landscapes.
2 portraits in the collection
Don Walker, Songwriter, 2021
Mark Lang
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2023
John Thomas "Jack" Lang
Biography
John Thomas Lang (1876–1975) served two terms as premier of New South Wales in the 1920s and 1930s.
5 portraits in the collection
Jack Lang
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1967
Lang Hancock, 1980 (printed 2011)
Lorrie Graham
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Lang Hancock, 1985
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Bill Neidjie, 2000 (printed 2008)
Mark Lang
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2008
Jack Lang, 1931
Tom Glover
Portrait, pencil, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Jack Lang, 1970
Adam Martin
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Elsie Martin 2000
Jack Lang, life mask, n.d.
Arthur Murch
Portrait, fibreglass and resin
Purchased 2000
The people's champion, Mr Lang, c. 1927
an unknown artist
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013