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Dempsey's people

Dempsey’s people: a folio of British street portraits 1824–1844 is the first exhibition to showcase the compelling watercolour images of English street people made by the itinerant English painter John Dempsey throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.

Juliet holding Vale Street

Mozart Street

Vale Street

Vale Street

Luke Cornish

Luke Cornish, aka E.L.K. describes his street art and portraiture

Portrait 33

This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.

Mirka and Philippe - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)

Gift of the artist 2015

Mirka - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)

Gift of the artist 2015

Reg Livermore, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1965 (printed 2020)

Purchased 2020

McCaughey Street, Turner, 1959, 2012

Lynn Gailey, Smart Street Films

Street fare

The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.

Angel Street (Adam Cullen), 2010

Purchased 2012

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

Purchased 2013

A good innings

Childhood sweethearts