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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Maurice O'Shea

Maurice O'Shea

Maurice O'Shea

Maurice O'Shea, 1951 (printed 2003)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Patrick White with Tom Jones

Patrick White with Tom Jones

Patrick White with Tom Jones

Patrick White with Tom Jones, 1956

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Study (b) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (b) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (b) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (b) for portrait of Helen Garner, 2003

Portrait, charcoal, pencil and oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of J Sages Family Trust 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Study (a) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (a) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (a) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (a) for portrait of Helen Garner, 2003

Portrait, charcoal, pencil and oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of J Sages Family Trust 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Study (d) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (d) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (d) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (d) for portrait of Helen Garner, 2003

Portrait, charcoal, pencil and oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of J Sages Family Trust 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Study (c) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (c) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (c) for portrait of Helen Garner

Study (c) for portrait of Helen Garner, 2003

Portrait, charcoal, pencil and oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of J Sages Family Trust 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King

Lieutenant King, 1789

William Skelton after J. Wright

Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

Lieutenant Shortland

John Shortland

John Shortland (1739-1803), naval officer, was a member of a family of which six members were associated with the colonisation of Australia and New Zealand.

1 portrait in the collection

Patrick White

Patrick White

Patrick White

Patrick White, 1990

Portrait, woodcut on paper

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

David Collins Esq

David Collins Esq

David Collins Esq

David Collins Esq, 1804

Anthony Cardon after John T. Barber

Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

John Williams

John Williams AO OBE

John Williams AO OBE, (b. 1941), guitar virtuoso, had his first guitar lessons from his father, and from the age of eleven attended summer schools with the Spanish maestro Andrés Segovia in Italy.

1 portrait in the collection

Patrick White

Patrick White

Patrick White

Patrick White, 1987

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857

Maria Brownrigg

Portrait, watercolour and collage on paper

Purchased 2017

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman'

William Francis King, 'The Flying Pieman', c. 1869

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer

Richard Windeyer, c. 1828

Charles Richard Bone

Portrait, watercolour on ivory in a gold pendant with a lock of hair and gold thread

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

John Williams

John Williams

John Williams

John Williams, 2000 (printed 2022)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2022

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