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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, 2006 (printed 2020)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths AM

Rachel Griffiths (b. 1968) studied education at Victoria College before working with the community theatre group Woolly Jumpers, Inc.

1 portrait in the collection

Rachel

Rachel Perkins

Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman Rachel Perkins (b. 1970) is the daughter of First Nations activists Eileen and Charlie Perkins.

1 portrait in the collection

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), artist, conservationist and architectural historian, grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs and studied art at East Sydney Technical College and the Adelaide Perry Art School in the 1930s.

1 portrait in the collection

Taking the waters, 2018 by Rachel Peachey

Taking the waters, 2018

by Rachel Peachey

Before dark (Metamorphosis), 2020 Rachel Gregg

Before dark (Metamorphosis)

Max, 2020 Rachel Mounsey

Max

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh

Rachel Roxburgh, 1939

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2018

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths, 2002 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

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Sir Leslie Ward

Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.

31 portraits in the collection

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward

Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (1887-1972), bacteriologist, was educated at Sydney Grammar and the University of Sydney before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 and proceeding to Oxford.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Australia (The Hon. Alfred Deakin)

Vanity fair

Magazine article by Ashleigh Wadman, 2012

Ashleigh Wadman rediscovers the Australian characters represented with a kindly touch by the British portrait artist Leslie Ward for the society magazine Vanity Fair.

Phil (Phil May)

Phil (Phil May)

Phil (Phil May)

Phil (Phil May), 1895

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Rachel

Rachel

Rachel

Rachel, 2021

Thea Anamara Perkins

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on gessoboard

Purchased 2022

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper)

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper)

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper)

Dan (Sir Daniel Cooper), 1890s

Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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