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Eileen Dunne in The Hospital for Sick Children, 1940
by Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton

Previous exhibition, 2005

Accomplished illustrator, painter, writer and diarist, set designer and one of the most distinguished photographers of the twentieth century, Cecil Beaton is renowned for his portraits of well known faces from the worlds of fashion, literature, and film.

All that fall

Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War

Previous exhibition, 2015

Focussing on the wide-ranging theme of loss and absence, this exhibition provides a moving ‘portrait’ of loss during the First World War on the Australian home front. Powerful symbolic images, including contemporary works, evoke the emotional intensity of loss. All that fall: Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War is the National Portrait Gallery’s contribution to the Anzac Centenary.

Katherine, NT / Harrietville, VIC, 2017 by Rhett Hammerton

Katherine, NT / Harrietville, VIC, 2017

by Rhett Hammerton

Mum, 2017 by Joel Brian Pratley

Mum, 2017

by Joel Brian Pratley

The artist Marc Clark, 2019 Russell Shakespeare

The artist Marc Clark, 2019

Russell Shakespeare

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Beau D. Smith

Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.

1 portrait in the collection

Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor, c. 1896

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Thea Bryant (Proctor) 2005

Richard Neville, 2011 by Graham McCarter

Richard Neville, 2011

by Graham McCarter

My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot, 2023 Anna Macak

My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot

Last day lockdown, 2021 Klint Collier

Last day lockdown

Sir Zelman Cowen

Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC DCL

The Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC DCL (1919-2011), academic, writer and former Governor-General, was educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne before serving in the navy in the Second World War.

3 portraits in the collection

Yumi on fire, one and a half hours before the eclipse of the moon, 2006 by Zorica Purlija

Yumi on fire, one and a half hours before the eclipse of the moon, 2006

by Zorica Purlija

Gayili Marika - Galupa Safety House, 2016 by Peter McConchie

Gayili Marika - Galupa Safety House, 2016

by Peter McConchie

Lucy, 2006 by Sally McInerney

Lucy, 2006

by Sally McInerney

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

A good innings

Childhood sweethearts

Robert Kermode

Robert Kermode

Robert Quayle Kermode (1812-1870), politician, was born on the Isle of Man and educated at Castletown.

1 portrait in the collection

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