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H.B.G Larkin, 1928

L E. Reynolds
Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

Fugue in Yellow

Magazine article by Roger Benjamin, 2015

Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.

Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1788

John Raphael Smith after Sir Benjamin West
Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Purchased 2010

The Conciliation, 1840 by Benjamin Duterrau

The art of conciliation

Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017

Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria, 1901

The Illustrated London News after Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Portrait, photogravure on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Leanne Benjamin

Benjamin Horgan and Jake Scourfield, 2021 Elizabeth Looker

Benjamin Horgan and Jake Scourfield

Elizabeth Looker
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Iraq Perspectives II 8 20032007

Iraq Perspectives II 8 20032007

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Leanne Benjamin

Benjamin Law: happy sad, 2019 Keith Burt

Benjamin Law: happy sad

Keith Burt
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The Conciliation, 1840 by Benjamin Duterrau

The Conciliation, 1840

by Benjamin Duterrau
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Benjamin Law: happy sad, 2019 Keith Burt

Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture

Why Portraiture? Who gets to be painted and why?
Event, Wednesday 31 July

Writer, broadcaster and cultural commentator Benjamin Law explores contemporary portraiture and the press.

Truggernana, a native of the southern part of V.D. Land  wife to Woureddy, was attachd to the mission in 1829, 1835

Truggernana, a native of the southern part of V.D. Land wife to Woureddy, was attachd to the mission in 1829, 1835

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Woureddy, a wild native of Brune sic. Island one of Mr Robinsons most faithful attendants attachd to the mission in 1829, 1835

Woureddy, a wild native of Brune sic. Island one of Mr Robinsons most faithful attendants attachd to the mission in 1829, 1835

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Sir Joseph Banks, 1788

Sir Joseph Banks, 1788

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