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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt
Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-c. 1848) went to school and university in Germany but the range of his interests was such that he never actually graduated (he was later called Dr Leichhardt in recognition of his broad scholarship).
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Rodius
Dr Ludwig Leichhardt, 1846
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased 2004
Frederick Schoenfeld
Ludwig Becker, 1861
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000
Ludwig Lang after Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co
Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887
Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Ludwig Becker
Biography
Ludwig Becker (1808-1861), was an artist, naturalist and explorer. He was born in Germany and trained as an artist there, and after arriving in Tasmania in 1851 he settled in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Rodius
Self portrait, c. 1849
Portrait, pastel with ink wash on paper
Purchased 2009
Violet Teague
Eccleston Du Faur, 1911
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service 2020
Joseph Karl Stieler
Lola Montes, c. 1845
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Salvatore Zofrea OAM
Greg Lindsay, 2002
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM 2002
Klaus Friedeberger
Self portrait, 1948
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Julie Friedeberger 2021
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Lewis Morley
Jon Lewis, 1990 (printed 2002)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
You beauty
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Joanna Gilmour explores the fact and fictions surrounding the legendary life of Irish-born dancer Lola Montez.
Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG
Biography
Sir John Forrest (1847-1918), explorer and politician, trained as a surveyor and led an 1869 expedition in search of Ludwig Leichhardt.
2 portraits in the collection
Frederick E. Du Faur
Biography
Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), environmentalist, public servant and arts patron, came to Australia from his native London in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
François Jacques Dequevauvillier
Biography
François Jacques Dequevauviller was the son of the French engraver Nicolas-Barthelemy François Dequevauviller (1745–1807).
1 portrait in the collection