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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.

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Portraits

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson, 1970

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004

Burnum Burnum and Guboo Ted Thomas

Burnum Burnum and Guboo Ted Thomas

Burnum Burnum and Guboo Ted Thomas

Burnum Burnum and Guboo Ted Thomas, 1984

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2004

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls)

Carlotta, Kings Cross (Les Girls), 1970-1971

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2006

Dame Helen Blaxland

Dame Helen Blaxland

Dame Helen Blaxland

Dame Helen Blaxland, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Augustus Leopold Küper

Portrait of Augustus Leopold Küper

Portrait of Augustus Leopold Küper

Portrait of Augustus Leopold Küper, 1823

Johann Paul Georg Fischer

Portrait, watercolour over pencil on artist board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground'

Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001

Portrait, pencil on paper

Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

Gary Ella

Gary Ella

Gary Ella

Gary Ella, c. 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Patrick Dodson

Patrick Dodson

Patrick Dodson

Patrick Dodson, 2004

Portrait, mixed media on canvas

Gift of the Lingiari Foundation 2015

Margel and Tarquin, Canberra

Margel and Tarquin, Canberra

Margel and Tarquin, Canberra

Margel and Tarquin, Canberra, c. 1945

Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Ross family in memory of Noel and Enid Eliot 2014

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin, c. 1880s

Henry Samuel Sadd after Freeman Brothers

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

James Oswald Fairfax

James Oswald Fairfax

James Oswald Fairfax

James Oswald Fairfax, c. 1991

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Chicka Dixon

Chicka Dixon

Chicka Dixon

Chicka Dixon, 1980

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell), 1963

Sir William Dargie CBE

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Mary Newlinds and Sheena Simpson in memory of their father, D.A.S. Campbell, 2014

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1985

Portrait, stainless steel

Gift of the artist 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Betty Cuthbert

Betty Cuthbert

Betty Cuthbert

Betty Cuthbert, 1955 (printed 2003)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra, 2018

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on 64 canvas boards (nos. 108101-108164)

Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, John Kaldor AO and Naomi Milgrom AO 2018

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