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Mary Chomley, 1909

Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

Lady Loch, c. 1890

Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944

Purchased 2019

Painting writing

Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Portrait of Mrs Tom Roberts, 1910

Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2013

Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling], c. 1862

Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Glorious

Glorious: A Diamond Jubilee portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is a collection-based display representing The Queen in the early and late years of her glittering sixty-year reign.

Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine

Elizabeth, 2019

Queen Elizabeth I

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022)

The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Throughout her 70-year reign, Her Majesty represented graciousness, humanity and stability during times of enormous social change.

Prisoner 20671 Alsbeta/ Elizabeth Weisz, 2016

Gift in memory of Elizabeth Skala 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The most material advantages

A one-in-a-thousand woman

Liberate the labels

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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016

The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.