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Miss Elizabeth Roberts

Miss Elizabeth Roberts

Miss Elizabeth Roberts

Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 1830

Richard Read Jnr

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Purchased 2013

Rhoda Roberts

Rhoda Roberts

Rhoda Roberts

Rhoda Roberts, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Julian Burnside AO KC

Julian Burnside AO KC

Julian Burnside AO KC

Julian Burnside AO KC, 2004 (printed 2012)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2012

Prue Acton

Prue Acton

Prue Acton

Prue Acton, 2012

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

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Cardinal George Pell, 2007 (printed 2012)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Sir James Reading Fairfax

Sir James Reading Fairfax

Sir James Reading Fairfax

Sir James Reading Fairfax, 1898

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board

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

Portrait of George Selth Coppin

Portrait of George Selth Coppin

Portrait of George Selth Coppin

Portrait of George Selth Coppin, c. 1895-1899

Portrait, oil on cedar panel

Purchased with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy 2004

Ian Roberts (after Coypel 1709)

Super League

Magazine article by David Sequeira, 2004

The portrait of Ian Roberts by Ross Watson.

Professor Brian Schmidt

Professor Brian Schmidt

Professor Brian Schmidt

Professor Brian Schmidt, 2015

Portrait, triptych of gelatin silver photographs on paper

Commissioned 2015

Practising the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong)

An actress and her fans

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008

Dr. Sarah Engledow discovers the amazing life of Ms. Hilda Spong, little remembered star of the stage, who was captured in a portrait by Tom Roberts.

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Picture this...

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003

This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat, Australia

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat, Australia

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat, Australia

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Suite in Mining Costume after descending the Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat, Australia, 1867

Roberts Brothers, Ballarat

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts

Charles Warman Roberts, 1878

George Baird Shaw

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Thoms family 2011

Tea time, c.1898–1902 by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947)

Impressions

Painting light and life

Previous exhibition, 2011

Impressions: Painting light and life presents portraits by, and of, artists at the heart of Australian impressionism including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.

The sisters, 1904

Beguiling impressions

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012

Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.

Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill, c. 1911-1913

May and Mina Moore photographic studio, Annie May Moore, Minnie Louise Moore

Portrait, photograph on paper on card mounted on canvas

Gift of Catherine Dwyer 2021

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