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Dario Castellini after Carlo Liverati
Robert Brown, c. 1835
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Thomas Herbert Maguire
Robert Brown, 1850
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Robert Fielding
Litja Brown, 2021
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
Brian Dunlop
Joseph Brown, 1980
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Helga Leunig
Bob Brown at his home in Liffey, 1988 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helga Leunig 2013
Noel McKenna
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists, 1996
Portrait, enamel on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Adam Knott
Bryan Brown, 2008
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Harold Thornton
Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz, 1983
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Harold Thornton 2009
Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Rooney
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hannaford AM
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Richard von Marientreu
L.J. Brown, 1955
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Marion McBeath Harper 2019
Robert Brown
Biography
Robert Brown (1773–1858) is considered ‘the father of Australian botany’.
2 portraits in the collection
Crown Studios
Reverend George Brown DD, 1905
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on studio card inside studio folder
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Nancy Joyce 2014
Francis Reiss
Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen, 1993
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004