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William Robertson, 1866
Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
William John Wills, 2nd in command of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861
Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Robert O'Hara Burke, Leader of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861
Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Clem Hill
Biography
Clem Hill (1877–1945) was one of sixteen children and born into a notable Adelaide sporting family.
1 portrait in the collection
Alfred Hill CMG OBE
Biography
Alfred Hill CMG OBE (1869-1960) was a composer, conductor and violinist.
2 portraits in the collection
On the road again
Magazine article by Dr Deborah Hill, 2017
Deborah Hill talks figures with character, as the National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions program welcomes its millionth visitor.
Elegance in exile
Portrait drawings from colonial Australia
Previous exhibition, 2012
Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847
an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton
Portrait, daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Purchased 2001
In memory of the Rev William Hill, 1869
Charles Wherrett
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Clem Hill (member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
H Parker Rolfe
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Alfred Hill, 1936
Rayner Hoff
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated on wooden base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000
Queen's Birthday Weekend, 2013
by Alan Hill and Kelly Hussey-Smith
Image
Confide in Me
Magazine article by Sarah Hill, 2002
This article examines the photographic portraiture of Polly Borland.
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003
Four from the 30s
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
Australia's tradition of sculpted portraits stretches back to the early decades of the nineteenth century and continues to sustain a group of dedicated sculptors.
The Wonder Years
Magazine article by Sarah Hill, 2001
Sarah Hill introduces the portrait busts of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm by Enid Fleming.