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Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Dario Castellini after Carlo Liverati

Robert Brown, c. 1835

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison)
Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison)
Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison), 1870

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Statesmen No. 20 "A Returned Colonist" (Rt Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers)
Statesmen No. 20 "A Returned Colonist" (Rt Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers)
Statesmen No. 20 "A Returned Colonist" (Rt Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Statesmen No. 20 "A Returned Colonist" (Rt Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers), 1869

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne)
Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne)
Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne), 1871

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre)
Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre)
Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre), 1871

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Men of the Day No.19 "A great Med'cine-Man among the Inqui-ring Redskins" (Thomas Henry Huxley)
Men of the Day No.19 "A great Med'cine-Man among the Inqui-ring Redskins" (Thomas Henry Huxley)
Men of the Day No.19 "A great Med'cine-Man among the Inqui-ring Redskins" (Thomas Henry Huxley)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Men of the Day No.19 "A great Med'cine-Man among the Inqui-ring Redskins" (Thomas Henry Huxley), 1871

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Australian Cricket (George John Bonnor)
Australian Cricket (George John Bonnor)
Australian Cricket (George John Bonnor)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Australian Cricket (George John Bonnor), 1884

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Statesmen No. 83 "By birth a man, by inheritance a Marquis and a Governor by his Sovereign's favour, he fills all his positions with credit"  (Marquis of Normanby)
Statesmen No. 83 "By birth a man, by inheritance a Marquis and a Governor by his Sovereign's favour, he fills all his positions with credit"  (Marquis of Normanby)
Statesmen No. 83 "By birth a man, by inheritance a Marquis and a Governor by his Sovereign's favour, he fills all his positions with credit"  (Marquis of Normanby)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Statesmen No. 83 "By birth a man, by inheritance a Marquis and a Governor by his Sovereign's favour, he fills all his positions with credit" (Marquis of Normanby), 1871

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Portrait, colour lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005

Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England"  (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England"  (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England"  (Viscount Robert Lowe)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Round the World (Thomas Brassey)
Round the World (Thomas Brassey)
Round the World (Thomas Brassey)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Round the World (Thomas Brassey), 1877

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson), 1875

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Charlie (Lord Charles Robert Carrington)
Charlie (Lord Charles Robert Carrington)
Charlie (Lord Charles Robert Carrington)
Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Charlie (Lord Charles Robert Carrington), 1874

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Lady Packer
Lady Packer
Lady Packer
Cecil Beaton

Lady Packer, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Florence Packer 2004

Hélène Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova
Max Dupain OBE

Hélène Kirsova, 1937

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hélène Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova
Max Dupain OBE

Hélène Kirsova, 1938

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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