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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)

Melbourne experience

Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007

Diana Warnes explores the lives of Hal and Katherine 'Kate' Hattam through their portraits painted by Fred Williams and Clifton Pugh.

Hal Hattam
Hal Hattam
Hal Hattam

Hal Hattam, 1960

Fred Williams
Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hattam family in memory of Hal and Kate Hattam 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)

A Portrait (Kate Hattam), 1956

Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on board

Purchased 2006

Wombat and goats, 2020 Victoria Baker

Wombat and goats

Victoria Baker
Image
Isaiah Firebrace – reflect, reset, rejuvenate, 2020 Heidi Victoria

Isaiah Firebrace – reflect, reset, rejuvenate

Heidi Victoria
Image
Lauren, 2019 Victoria Baker

Lauren

Victoria Baker
Image
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria

The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 1896

John Thomson
Portrait, albumen silver cabinet card photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Her Majesty
Her Majesty
Her Majesty

Her Majesty, 1860

John J. Mayall
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Purchased 2020

Portfolio of 54 portraits compiled by Queen Victoria, 1859–1861 by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Camille Silvy, Frances Day and William Bambridge

Queen of cartes

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2019

Joanna Gilmour discusses the role of the carte de visite in portraiture’s democratisation, and its harnessing by Victoria, the world’s first media monarch.

A nation mourns the loss
A nation mourns the loss
A nation mourns the loss

A nation mourns the loss, c. 1861

an unknown artist
Portrait, lithograph in carte de visite format on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Her Majesty seated
Her Majesty seated
Her Majesty seated

Her Majesty seated, 1860

John J. Mayall
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Purchased 2020

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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 past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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