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The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The Bath Butterfly

About Face article

The caricaturist and engraver James Gillray's biting satires about Sir Joseph Banks.

Angus Trumble with Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by Thomas Phillips

Banksia and grevillea

About Face article

Portraits can render honour to remarkable men and women, but there are other ways.

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1811

William Daniell after George Dance

Portrait, soft ground etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown, c. 1835

Dario Castellini after Carlo Liverati

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks)

The great South Sea caterpillar transformed into a Bath Butterfly (Sir Joseph Banks), 1795 (printed 1851)

Portrait, etching, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Douglas Stewart Fine Books 2013

Portrait 39

March - May 2011

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

Louis XVI giving final instructions to the Comte de La Perouse, c. 1785

Sea legged frogs

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011

Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.

Omai, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, 1775-76

First encounters

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011

Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.

Sir Joseph Banks

In a good paddock

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011

Celebrating a new painted portrait of Joseph Banks, Sarah Engledow spins a yarn of the naturalist, the first kangaroo in France and Don, a Spanish ram.

William Westall

William Westall

William Westall

William Westall, 1854

William Daniell after George Dance

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1814

Thomas Phillips

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2011

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1840s

C E. Wagstaff after Thomas Phillips

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1802

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander, 1778

an unknown artist

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Admiral Bligh

Admiral Bligh

Admiral Bligh

Admiral Bligh, 1801

Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, 1812

N Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips

Portrait, line engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

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