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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.

Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Alexander Maurice Ramsay
Robert Hannaford AM

Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978

Portrait, oil on composition board

Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Alexander Maurice Ramsay

Alexander Ramsay

Biography

Alexander Ramsay CBE (1914-1978), public servant, trained and worked as a teacher before gaining his degree at the University of Adelaide in 1941.

1 portrait in the collection

Stephanie Alexander AO
Stephanie Alexander AO
Stephanie Alexander AO
Tsering Hannaford

Stephanie Alexander AO, 2023

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2023

image not online
Graham Thorley

Alexander 'Jock' Sturrock, 1962

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay
Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay
Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay
an unknown artist

Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard

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

Alexander MacLeay
Alexander MacLeay
Alexander MacLeay
Charles Fox after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Alexander MacLeay, c. 1845

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)
D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)
D.A.S. Campbell (David Alexander Stewart Campbell)
Sir William Dargie CBE

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

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Dr Mary Newlinds and Sheena Simpson in memory of their father, D.A.S. Campbell, 2014

Alexander Dalrymple
Alexander Dalrymple
Alexander Dalrymple
William Daniell after George Dance

Alexander Dalrymple, 1809

Portrait, soft ground etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP), 1903

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)
Hugh Ramsay

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

Portrait of Ambrose Patterson
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson
Hugh Ramsay

Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba
Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba
Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba
Hugh Ramsay

Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba, 1902

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Mitchell Family and the Fullerton Family 2000

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow
Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow
Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow
Tom Roberts

Sketch portrait of Sir Alex Onslow, 1896

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006

Mr and Mrs Case
Mr and Mrs Case
Mr and Mrs Case
Alexander Fox and Co

Mr and Mrs Case, 1864

Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Hugh Ramsay

'Letters from Paris'
Portrait story

Hugh Ramsay's letters were written while he was living in Paris to his family back in Australia.

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)
a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)
a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington)
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington), 1892

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

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