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![Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]](/files/5/b/7/3/i16148-sl.jpg "Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]")
![Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]](/files/5/b/7/3/i16148-ths.jpg "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 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]](/files/a/0/3/f/i16150-sl.jpg "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]](/files/a/0/3/f/i16150-ths.jpg "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.
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
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
Henry Samuel Sadd
The Hon. Sir James Dowling, c. 1860
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
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
Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Rooney
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hannaford AM
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Dowling
Jeremiah Ware, c. 1854
Portrait, oil on board
Purchased with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy and Rosalind Blair Murphy 2014
W.A. Bowring
James Robert Millar Robertson, 1926
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the descendants of James Robert Millar Robertson 2011
Louis Kahan AO
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1952
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and ink on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Rooney
Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Bernard Hall
Sir Robert Garran, 1922
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Garran 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Frederick George Reynolds
Robert Henderson Croll, 1927
Portrait, oil on canvas on board
Gift of Grietje Croll in memory of her late husband Robert Devereaux Croll and with the endorsement of his daughter Helen Croll 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.