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William Westall

William Westall

William Westall

William Westall, 1854

William Daniell after George Dance

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

William Westall

William Westall

William Westall (1781-1850), grew up in London and was taught to draw by his elder half-brother Richard, who was drawing master to Princess Victoria.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown, c. 1835

Dario Castellini after Carlo Liverati

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Frog Hunter, Damien Wurrkidj, 2011 by Matthew Abbott

Matthew Abbott

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

You Look Like a...Matthew, 2016 by Cherine Fahd

You Look Like a...Matthew, 2016

by Cherine Fahd

Phillip Parker King

Phillip Parker King

Phillip Parker King RN (1791–1856) has been described as the first Australian-born person to succeed in the world outside the colonies.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1810

William Evans, Anthony Cardon after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000

Bungaree, late chief of the Broken Bay tribe, Sydney

Bungaree

Bungaree (c. 1775–1830), voyager, navigator and diplomat, was among the most significant Sydney-area Indigenous leaders of the early colonial period.

3 portraits in the collection

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin, c. 1845

D F. Murphy after E P. Hardy

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Phillip Parker King

Phillip Parker King

Phillip Parker King

Phillip Parker King, 1854

Portrait, cast plaster

Purchased 2000

Andrew Cowen

Andrew Cowen

Winner, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2014

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Andrew Cowen on photographing his friend Matthew Martin.

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin, c. 1846

Theresa Walker after David D'Angers

Portrait, cast wax

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

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Ricky Maynard

Ricky Maynard (b. 1953) is an Indigenous Tasmanian photographer. He is best known for his Tasmanian photographic essays The Moonbird People (1985–1988) and Portrait of a Distant Land (2005), made while he was living and working on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait.

1 portrait in the collection

Captain Sir John Franklin, Kt, KCH, KRG, DCL, FRS & c. Commander of the Arctic Expedition, 1845

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), Arctic explorer and governor, served under Matthew Flinders on the Investigator and later said that this experience fired his passion for exploration.

5 portraits in the collection

Mem Fox

Mem Fox

Mem Fox AM (b. 1946), author, is best-known for her award-winning book Possum Magic, which has sold over five million copies since it was first published in 1983, more than any other Australian children's book.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Terence Tao

Professor Terence Tao

Professor Terence Tao

Professor Terence Tao, 2006

Reed Hutchinson

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

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