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Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling  [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]
Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling  [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]
Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling  [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]
an unknown artist

Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling], c. 1859

Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured

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

Maria Jane Dowling
Maria Jane Dowling
Maria Jane Dowling
an unknown artist

Maria Jane Dowling, c. 1862

Portrait, ambrotype

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]
Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]
Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]
an unknown artist

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

Portrait, ambrotype

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

Maria Windeyer
Maria Windeyer
Maria Windeyer
Freeman Brothers after Edwin Dalton

Maria Windeyer, c. 1865-1868

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on brown paper studio folder

Gift of J.B. Windeyer 2018

Leura Dowling
Leura Dowling
Leura Dowling
an unknown artist

Leura Dowling, c. 1861

Portrait, ambrotype

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

The Hon. Sir James Dowling
The Hon. Sir James Dowling
The Hon. Sir James Dowling
Henry Samuel Sadd

The Hon. Sir James Dowling, c. 1860

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Maria Polly Cutmore
Maria Polly Cutmore
Maria Polly Cutmore
Jessica Hromas

Maria Polly Cutmore, 2021

Portrait, pigment print on Hahnemühle photorag metallic paper

Purchased 2022

Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Robert Rooney

Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981, 1981 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Maria
Maria
Maria
Michael Riley

Maria, 1986 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Maria Windeyer
Maria Windeyer
Maria Windeyer
an unknown artist

Maria Windeyer, c. 1860s

Portrait, albumen photograph, hand coloured

Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018

A Prima Donna [Maria Palmieri]
A Prima Donna [Maria Palmieri]
A Prima Donna [Maria Palmieri]
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times

A Prima Donna [Maria Palmieri], 1874

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Mary Ware
Mary Ware
Mary Ware
Robert Dowling

Mary Ware, c. 1854

Portrait, oil on canvas on board

Purchased with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy and Rosalind Blair Murphy 2014

Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Dr Julie Dowling

Jack Thompson, 2013

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Purchased 2015

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens
Maria Brownrigg

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857

Portrait, watercolour and collage on paper

Purchased 2017

Richard Walley
Richard Walley
Richard Walley
Dr Julie Dowling

Richard Walley, 2015

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Neil Archibald and Alan R. Dodge AM, Brandon and Angela Munro, Dr Walter Ong and Graeme Marshall 2015

Lady Barkly
Lady Barkly
Lady Barkly
Batchelder & O'Neill

Lady Barkly, 1863

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite on card

Purchased 2014

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