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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.

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Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, 1812 Sir Thomas Lawrence

Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

Sir Thomas Lawrence

Hugh Jackman by Vincent Fantauzzo

'I'm painting my truth'

Vincent Fantauzzo on painting his portrait of Hugh Jackman.

Bain Stewart, 2012 by Ray Lawrence

Bain Stewart, 2012

by Ray Lawrence

Museum Dance-off 2016!

Can't get Hugh out of my head...

About Face article

Each year staff from cultural institutions strut their stuff on the international stage for a chance to win fame, glory and a trophy. But this year our Director, Angus Trumble had other things on his mind...

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Ruskin

Ruskin was a Sydney photographic business, located at 159 O'Sullivans Road, Rose Bay.

1 portrait in the collection

My home, 2014 by Peter Blakeman

My home, 2014

by Peter Blakeman

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Earl Carter

Earl Carter completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before embarking on his a freelance photographic career in 1981.

1 portrait in the collection

Ricki, 2016 by Chris Budgeon

Ricki, 2016

by Chris Budgeon

Tanja Liedtke, n.d. Tobin Lush

Tanja Liedtke

Portait 65

Portrait 65

Autumn/Winter 2021

Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.

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Falk Studios

Falk Studios was established by Melbourne-born photographer H. Walter Barnett in George Street, Sydney in 1885.

5 portraits in the collection

Mary Chomley

The Cosmopolitans

Previous exhibition, 2023

Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this collection display celebrates the innovations in art – and life – introduced by the generation of Australians who travelled to London and Paris for experience and inspiration in the decades either side of 1900.

Portrait 68

Rebecca Ray on Robert Fielding’s Mayatjara series, Jennifer Higgie on Alice Neel, Elspeth Pitt chats with Yvette Coppersmith, Vincent Fantauzzo on virtual sittings with Hugh Jackman and more.

Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker

Tough & Tender

Previous exhibition, 2016

Art by Warwick Baker, Chris Burden, Larry Clark, Rozalind Drummond, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Collier Schorr explores personal relations, individual expression and fluid identity.

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Janet Keats

Janet le Brun Brown (Keats) (1900-1985), soprano, was born on her family's property, Riggsdale, near Goulburn, but on account of frailty she was sent to live with her grandparents in Inverell, Moree and Dungog before going to boarding school in the Blue Mountains and Gosford.

1 portrait in the collection

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H. Walter Barnett

H. Walter Barnett (1862-1934) was a leading portrait photographer of the late Victorian, Edwardian and interwar periods.

12 portraits in the collection

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