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Thomas Henry Huxley
Biography
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) travelled to Australia as a member of the expedition conducted by Owen Stanley on the Rattlesnake between 1846 and 1850.
2 portraits in the collection
Thomas Henry Huxley, c. 1870
Maull & Co Photographers
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Men of the Day No.19 "A great Med'cine-Man among the Inqui-ring Redskins" (Thomas Henry Huxley), 1871
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
The Huxleys
'Things are changing, which is really beautiful'
Portrait story
Will and Garrett on creating their costumes and being unconstrained in art and performance.
Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise), 2018
The Huxleys
Portrait, gilcée print on paper
Purchased 2021
Smalltown Boy (Perth), 2018
The Huxleys
Portrait, gilcée print on paper
Purchased 2021
Style Over Substance, 2020
The Huxleys
Portrait, single channel moving image, 16:9, colour, sound, 6 minutes and 46 seconds
Purchased 2021
Will Huxley
Biography
Will Huxley (b. 1982) was born in Bath, England, emigrating with his family at the age of seven to grow up in the suburbs of Perth.
3 portraits in the collection
Garrett Huxley
Biography
Garrett Huxley (b. 1973) was born in Melbourne and raised on the Gold Coast.
3 portraits in the collection
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
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878
an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2003
David M Thomas
Dream Job
Previous exhibition, 2011
Since 1993 Brisbane-based artist David M Thomas has investigated self identity through art works that encompass painting, text, audio, video and performance.
Andy Thomas
'When I grow up I want to be an astronaut'
Portrait story
An interview with Australian astronaut, Dr. Andy Thomas, who describes the experience of space travel.
Thomas Atkinson
Biography
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-c. 1890) is described in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists as 'one of the shining representatives of English engraving'.
1 portrait in the collection
Avril Thomas
Biography
Avril Thomas (b. 1956), artist, was born in Malaysia and went to boarding school in Scotland and Australia.
2 portraits in the collection