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Edwin Dalton

Edwin Dalton was an English painter, photographer and lithographer who spent some time in North America before setting up as a portrait painter in Melbourne in 1853.

5 portraits in the collection

The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales

The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales

The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales

The First Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, 1859

Portrait, composite albumen paper photograph consisting of 79 personages and a letterpress key

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Fairfax, c. 1864

Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Charles John Fairfax

Charles John Fairfax

Charles John Fairfax

Charles John Fairfax, c. 1860

Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

John Fairfax

John Fairfax

John Fairfax

John Fairfax, c. 1860

Portrait, pastel on paper laid on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer, c. 1865-1868

Freeman Brothers after Edwin Dalton

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on brown paper studio folder

Gift of J.B. Windeyer 2018

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB MD FRS (1817-1911), botanist, explorer and medical doctor, visited Australia as a member of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition of 1839 to 1843.

2 portraits in the collection

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Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery was one of the names for the studio run by Edwin Dalton from 1858 until the mid 1860s.

2 portraits in the collection

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker, c. 1860

Portrait, lithograph on India laid paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker, c. 1880s

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Lucy Escott

Lucy Escott

Lucy Escott

Lucy Escott, c. 1861

Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2009

Henry Squires

Henry Squires

Henry Squires

Henry Squires, c. 1861

Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2009

Michael Klim

The Athlete

An exhibition of sporting photographs by Anderson & Low

Previous exhibition, 2000

The Athlete explores the sporting life well beyond the superficial image of the human physique

James Oswald Fairfax

The Fairfax Gift

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003

This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.

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William Pidgeon

William Edwin 'Wep' Pidgeon, cartoonist, illustrator and painter was born in Paddington and studied art at the JS Watkins School and East Sydney Technical College.

2 portraits in the collection

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp (1895-1964), vaudevillian, debuted as ‘Little Maude Shipp, the Wonderful Baby Performer’ around May 1900, as a member of the troupe managed by her father, Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shipp (c.

1 portrait in the collection

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