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Ralph Barton
Biography
Ralph Barton, American cartoonist and caricaturist, produced a body of work that epitomises American high life in the 1920s.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Haddon Chambers, 1921
Ralph Barton
Portrait, ink and watercolour on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Del Kathryn Barton
Biography
Del Kathryn Barton (b.1972) lives and works in Sydney. She is one of Australia's most celebrated contemporary artists, famous for her figurative paintings that feature fantastical characters posed against ornate—and sometimes psychedelic—backgrounds.
1 portrait in the collection
The Rt. Hon Sir Edmund Barton GCMG PC KC
Biography
Sir Edmund Barton GCMG PC KC (1849-1920), Australia’s first prime minister, was the youngest of nine children of a well-educated woman.
6 portraits in the collection
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles
Biography
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles (1899-1981) was the longest-serving chief executive of the Coles retail group.
2 portraits in the collection
Behind the scenes
Del Kathryn Barton’s portrait of Maggie Beer
Magazine article, 2024
It was a riot of colour in the Gallery as we welcomed Del Kathryn Barton’s portrait of Maggie Beer AO into the collection.
Maggie, 2023
Del Kathryn Barton
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and pigment liner on French linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie and James Baillie 2023
The Federal Leader Edmund Barton, c. 1900
Nelson Illingworth
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Edmund Barton, c. 1903
Crown Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Mr Barton 'Overworked', 1893
Livingston Hopkins
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Sir Edgar Coles, c. 1970
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Portrait of Sir Edgar Coles, 1962
Reinis Zusters
Portrait, oil on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of Sir Edgar Coles 2014
Barton and Watson, 1902
G. H. Dancey
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 2012
Australia (Sir Edmund Barton), 1902
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
First High Court of Australia, c. 1903
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Ralph Sutton
Biography
Ralph Sutton (1908-1967), Methodist minister, trained in Sydney, was ordained in 1935 and began his career in Mosman Methodist Church.
1 portrait in the collection