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S Calvert
Biography
Samuel Calvert studied in his native London with his father, engraver Edward Calvert, before emigrating to Australia in 1848.
1 portrait in the collection
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Buckley discovering himself to the early settlers, 1869
S Calvert, Gibbs, Shallard and Co after O.R. Campbell
Portrait, colour wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
The Boys Next Door, 1978
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Benefactors
$100,000+
Honour board
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
Icons Syndicate
Listed alphabetically
Honour board
Pub Rock
Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes
Previous exhibition, 2020
Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Previous exhibition, 2023
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
George Richmond
Biography
George Richmond, son of the miniature painter Thomas Richmond, grew up in London, took early artistic instruction from his father and enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools in 1824.
1 portrait in the collection
Matilda (Ngambri), 2020
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Portrait, dye sublimation print on aluminium from tintype on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2020
Tim Fairfax, 2018
by Russell Shakespeare
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026
Exhibition
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026 marks the end of one of the Gallery’s longest-running exhibitions.
Tim Fairfax AC, 2018
Russell Shakespeare
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Previous exhibition, 2025
The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $30,000 cash prize and photographic equipment valued at $20,000 courtesy of our Imaging Partner, Canon Australia.