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William Macleay, 1885
William Macleod after Freeman Brothers
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Sir William John Macleay
Biography
Sir William John Macleay (1820-1891), pastoralist, politician, collector and promoter of science, had just begun to study medicine in his native Scotland when family circumstances dictated his migration to New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Alexander Macleay
Biography
Alexander McLeay (aka Macleay) (1767-1848), public servant and entomologist, acquired an interest in insects while working as a clerk in London.
1 portrait in the collection
Alexander MacLeay, c. 1845
Charles Fox after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013
George Rose, 1811
Giovanni Vendramini, T Cadell & W Davies after William Evans, Sir William Beechey
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1799
Charles Brome after William Owen
Portrait, line engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
William Hodges RA, 1808 (dated 1810)
William Daniell after George Dance
Portrait, etching on paper
Purchased 2010
William Westall, 1854
William Daniell after George Dance
Portrait, etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Sir William Gaston Walkley, 1958
William Pidgeon
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Caltex Australia Ltd 2008
Study for Portrait of W S Robinson, 1952
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003
Album of cartes de visite and cabinet cards compiled by William St Leonards Robertson, 1860s-c. 1900
Various
Portrait, 24 page brown leather bound album of 119 cartes de visite and 16 cabinet card photographs
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 Robertson and Martha Mary Robertson, 1863
William Edward Kilburn
Portrait, carte de visite photograph on card
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, Randwick, 1975/2008
William Yang, Melody Cooper
Portrait, inkjet print, black and purple ink on paper
Purchased 2022
William in Scholar's Costume, 1984/2008
William Yang, Yensoon Tsai
Portrait, inkjet print, black and purple ink on paper
Purchased 2022
William at Queensland University, 1968/2008
William Yang, an unknown artist
Portrait, inkjet print, white and purple ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.