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Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
Stevie Wright (1947-2015), singer-songwriter, came to Australia from England at the age of nine.
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
Joanna Gilmour accounts for Australia’s deliciously ghoulish nineteenth century criminal portraiture.
Karen Vickery on Chang the Chinese giant in Australia.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
Karl James gives short shrift to doubts about the profile of General Sir John Monash.
Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.
Joanna Gilmour presents John Kay’s portraits of a more infamous side of Edinburgh.
Joanna Gilmour describes how artist Sam Leach works on a small scale to grand effect.
The death of a gentlewoman is shrouded in mystery, a well-liked governor finds love after sorrow, and two upright men become entangled in the historical record.