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Joanna Gilmour explores the life of colonial women Lady Ellen Stirling, Eliza Darling, Lady Eliza Arthur, Elizabeth Macquarie and Lady Jane Franklin.
Purchased 2009
Purchased 2009
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), who was instrumental in establishing the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
Just inside the entrance, the Hall has a soaring ceiling and plenty of natural light.
Beards were generally been out for British military men in the 1800s: civilians might have worn them as badges of masculinity, but in the army they were perhaps a bit too close to indiscipline for comfort.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.
These terms and conditions govern entries to the National Portrait Gallery’s Darling Portrait Prize 2024.
Poetic trio
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Tucker 2004
The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges and thanks all its supporters.
This issue of Portrait Magazine features the exhibition Masters of Fare, Greg Weight's photographic collection, John Elliott, Barbara Blackman and more.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Jim and Barbara Higgins 2012