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To the end of the earth

The portrait of Dr. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster from 1780, is one of the oldest in the NPG's collection.

The Quiet Australian

Robert Oatley talks about the repatriation of the John Webber portrait of Captain James Cook.

Sir Joseph Banks, 1810

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

A quiet moment

As Bryan Westwood’s portrait of Brian Dunlop hangs adjacent to Brian Dunlop’s portrait of the philanthropist Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, we see the artist of one work as the subject of the other. 

Queen Victoria, 1901

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, 1837

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Joe and Brenda, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883

Purchased 2013

The Hooker

Not unlike the style famously observed by Abraham Lincoln, the Hooker consists of a furry chinstrap, starting alongside the ears, clinging to the ridge of jawbone and joining at the chin.

Joseph and Worm, 2008

Sir Joseph Banks, Bt

The Greenwood

Like the Barkly or the Hooker, the Greenwood is an eccentric facial hair mode that seems to have largely avoided being repurposed in contemporary times.

Joseph Paul Gaimard, c. 1830

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Brains trust

Eminent doctors and scientists have for more than a century consistently caused our nation to punch far above her weight.

Portrait 39

This issue features the National Photographic Portrait Prize, Neil Murray, Lee Tulloch on Stuart Campbell, Joseph Banks, Scott Redford and more.