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Ralph Barton
Biography
Ralph Barton, American cartoonist and caricaturist, produced a body of work that epitomises American high life in the 1920s.
1 portrait in the collection
Maiden Mother Crone
Exhibition
Enter the intricate and elaborate worlds of contemporary artists Del Kathryn Barton, Emily Hunt and Jess Johnson.
G. H. Dancey
Barton and Watson, 1902
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 2012
Nelson Illingworth
The Federal Leader Edmund Barton, c. 1900
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Crown Studios
Edmund Barton, c. 1903
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Ralph Barton
Charles Haddon Chambers, 1921
Portrait, ink and watercolour on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Australia (Sir Edmund Barton), 1902
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Max Dupain OBE
The Reverend Ralph Sutton, 1935
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on card
Gift of Reverend Ralph Sutton's daughters Arlene Howes and Megan Newman in memory of Ralph Sutton and in tribute to his wife Dorothy Sutton 2011
Livingston Hopkins
Mr Barton 'Overworked', 1893
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
John R. Jackson after John Linnell
General Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales, c. 1840
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2018
The National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition
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Del Kathryn Barton
Maggie, 2023
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and pigment liner on French linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie and James Baillie 2023
an unknown artist
First High Court of Australia, c. 1903
Portrait, albumen silver photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Ralph Heimans AM
Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of the artist 2001
Ralph Heimans AM
Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998
Portrait, pencil, watercolour and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2001
Ralph Heimans AM
Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998
Portrait, pencil and crayon on paper
Gift of the artist 2001