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Carte-o-mania!

Drawn from the NPG’s burgeoning collection of cartes de visite, Carte-o-mania! celebrates the wit, style and substance of the pocket-sized portraits that were taken and collected like crazy in post-goldrush Australia.

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Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist
Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist, c. 1870 James E. Bray
Rosina Carandini
Rosina Carandini, mid 1860s Charles Hewitt
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1890-1894 S. Milbourn Jnr
George Selth Coppin
George Selth Coppin, c. 1863 an unknown artist
Edward Hargraves
Edward Hargraves, c. 1884 Henry King
Bessie Lee
Bessie Lee, c. 1890 Yeoman & Co, Melbourne
Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott, c. 1861 Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery
Georg von Neumayer
Georg von Neumayer, c. 1860 Johnstone & Co
In memory of the Rev William Hill
In memory of the Rev William Hill, 1869 Charles Wherrett
Reverend Thomas Buddle
Reverend Thomas Buddle, 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill
Sarah and Ann Jacob
Sarah and Ann Jacob, c. 1866 Townsend Duryea
Sir George Ferguson Bowen
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, c. 1873 Bardwell's Royal Studio
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Elegance in exile

Portrait drawings from colonial Australia

Previous exhibition, 2012

Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
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Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
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Previous exhibition, 2010

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The National Portrait Gallery building front entrance
The National Portrait Gallery building front entrance
The National Portrait Gallery building front entrance

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