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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Lady Primrose Potter

Lady Primrose Potter AC

Lady Primrose Potter AC was born in Sydney in 1931 and lives in Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Lady Primrose Potter

Lady Primrose Potter

Lady Primrose Potter

Lady Primrose Potter, 2023

Betina Fauvel-Ogden

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Nigel Satterley AM and Denise Satterley and The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2023

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter (1902-1994) was the founder and benefactor of The Ian Potter Foundation.

2 portraits in the collection

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter, 1973

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Primrose Potter 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Marilyn Darling AC

Support Crew

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011

Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.

Beatrix Potter, 1938 Delmar Banner

Beatrix Potter

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Wedgwood and Bentley

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), potter and industrialist, became an apprentice to his potter brother, Thomas, at an early age.

1 portrait in the collection

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Benefactors

Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook

Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook

Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook

Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, 1779

Wedgwood and Bentley

Portrait, white on blue Jasper Ware in oval shaped wood and gilt frame

Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007

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Founding Benefactors

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Dr Julie Dowling

Julie Dowling, an artist of Badimaya, Irish and Scottish Catholic heritage, was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and grew up in nearby urban and semi-rural areas.

2 portraits in the collection

London, 1952 by Bill Brandt

Bill Brandt

A Retrospective

Previous exhibition, 2002

From Brandt's early work that documents fixed social contrasts of pre-World War II life in Britain to his later experimentation with a surreal style, this exhibition spans 50 years of Brandt's far reaching career in an extensive assemblage of 155 vintage gelatin silver prints from the Bill Brandt Archive in London.

Dr Ray Marginson AM

Dr Ray Marginson AM

Dr Ray Marginson AM (1923-2019) was Vice-Principal of the University of Melbourne from 1966 to 1988.

1 portrait in the collection

Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018

Portrait, oil and ink on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018

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2006

Portrait Donors

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