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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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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Lady Barkly

Lady Barkly, 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

John Pascoe Fawkner

John Pascoe Fawkner, c. 1867 Batchelder & Company Photo

Clara Crosbie

Clara Crosbie, c. 1885 Arthur William Burman

Gustavus Brooke

Gustavus Brooke, c. 1865 Burman and Son

Reverend Daniel Draper

Reverend Daniel Draper, c. 1866 Fredrick Charles Burman after John Cochran

Lillie Langtry

Lillie Langtry, c. 1885 W & D Downey

The first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America

The first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America, 1878 A & G Taylor

Master Johnny Day, Australian Champion Pedestrian

Master Johnny Day, Australian Champion Pedestrian, c. 1866 an unknown artist

Martha Mary Robertson

Martha Mary Robertson, 1866 Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

William St. Leonards Robertson

William St. Leonards Robertson, c. 1869 Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt, 1891 Falk Studios

Chang the Chinese Giant with his wife Kin Foo and manager Edward Parlett

Chang the Chinese Giant with his wife Kin Foo and manager Edward Parlett, c. 1871 Archibald McDonald

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

Margaret Robertson

Margaret Robertson, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

Sir Henry Barkly

Sir Henry Barkly, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

Henry Squires

Henry Squires, c. 1861 Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery

Album of cartes de visite and cabinet card photograph including a portrait of John Tebbutt

Album of cartes de visite and cabinet card photograph including a portrait of John Tebbutt, c. 1870s Various

Robert O'Hara Burke

Robert O'Hara Burke, c. 1860 Melbourne and Sydney Photographic Co

Maria Windeyer

Maria Windeyer, c. 1865-1868 Freeman Brothers after Edwin Dalton

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1870 William H. Bardwell

The Tichborne Claimant (Arthur Orton)

The Tichborne Claimant (Arthur Orton), c. 1872 Maull & Co Photographers

Sir John Young

Sir John Young, c. 1862 Freeman Brothers

Master Molteno

Master Molteno, c. 1866 Townsend Duryea

Thomas Simson Pratt

Thomas Simson Pratt, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

Reverend James Buller

Reverend James Buller, 1864 Batchelder & O'Neill

James Macpherson Grant

James Macpherson Grant, c. 1870s Paterson Brothers

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide, c. 1862 Stephen Edward Nixon

William Saurin Lyster

William Saurin Lyster, mid to late 1860s Davies & Co

Archbishop James Goold

Archbishop James Goold, c. 1870 Archibald McDonald

Queen Rose of the Wathaurung People

Queen Rose of the Wathaurung People, c. 1876-1877 Fred Kruger

Hattie Shepparde

Hattie Shepparde, 1872 Bardwell's Royal Studio

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner

Scrapbook page featuring portraits of Fred Lowry and Frank Gardiner, c. 1863 an unknown artist, Freeman Brothers

Frances Perry

Frances Perry, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

Matthew Burnett

Matthew Burnett, c. 1865 Henry Samuel Sadd

Richard Henry Horne

Richard Henry Horne, mid 1860s Batchelder & Company Photo

Tom Wills

Tom Wills, c. 1857 (printed c. 1905-1910) an unknown artist

Right Rev Dr Lawrence Bonaventure Sheil OSF

Right Rev Dr Lawrence Bonaventure Sheil OSF, c. 1872 Bardwell's Royal Studio

The Burke and Wills Monument

The Burke and Wills Monument, 1869 Thomas Foster Chuck

Charles Summers

Charles Summers, late 1860s Batchelder & Company Photo

Thomas Pearce

Thomas Pearce, c. 1878 The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman', c. 1869 John Davis

Nicholas Chevalier

Nicholas Chevalier, c. 1867 Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

William Robertson and Martha Mary Robertson

William Robertson and Martha Mary Robertson, 1863 William Edward Kilburn

William Robertson

William Robertson, 1866 Thomas Adams Hill

Charles Perry

Charles Perry, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, 1869 Archibald McDonald, Henry Samuel Sadd

Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman

Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman, c. 1880 William B. Latimer, W B Latimer Photo Art Studio

Julia Matthews

Julia Matthews, c. 1862 Davies & Co

Clara Crosbie, aged 12 years, now on exhibition at the Australian Waxworks

Clara Crosbie, aged 12 years, now on exhibition at the Australian Waxworks, c. 1885 Carrington Photo Galleries

Chang the Chinese giant in European dress with Chinese boy and three European men, one of whom is his manager

Chang the Chinese giant in European dress with Chinese boy and three European men, one of whom is his manager, c. 1871 Archibald McDonald

Charles Blondin

Charles Blondin, 1874 Timothy Noble

Fannie Carandini

Fannie Carandini, mid 1860s Charles Hewitt

Mr and Mrs Case

Mr and Mrs Case, 1864 Alexander Fox and Co

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867 Patrick Dawson

William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida]

William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida], 1860s-1870s Various

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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

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa

Husbands and Wives

Photographic Portraits from 19th Century Australia

Previous exhibition, 2010

'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.

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