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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.

Bather, 2024 Gerwyn Davies

Bather

Gerwyn Davies
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Mirror II, 2022 Gerwyn Davies

Mirror II

Gerwyn Davies
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Mirror II, 2022 Gerwyn Davies

Hidden in Plain Sight

Magazine article by Rebecca Blake, 2025

Rebecca Blake looks at the whimsical and flamboyant art of Gerwyn Davies, a two-time National Photographic Portrait Prize finalist.

S & T in the window, 2023 J Davies

S & T in the window

J Davies
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Sinead Davies

Biography

Sinead Davies, born in Ireland, studied at the Byam Shaw School in London from 1976 to 1980, winning the Byam Shaw Scholarship in 1978 and the British Foundation Institute Award of the Royal Academy of Art in 1980.

1 portrait in the collection

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David Davies

Biography

David Davies began studying art at the School of Mines and Industries in his birthplace, Ballarat.

1 portrait in the collection

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Rhodri G. Davies

Biography

Rhodri Glyn Davies worked as a television cameraman and director of documentaries while pursuing his interest in photography, exhibiting with a group of artists called Quincunx in Wales and Scotland.

1 portrait in the collection

Water as Life: The Town of Wilcannia and the Darling/Baaka, 2006 by Ruby Davies

Water as Life: The Town of Wilcannia and the Darling/Baaka, 2006

by Ruby Davies
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Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan

Barry Sullivan, c. 1863

Davies & Co
Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Purchased 2018

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)
The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)
The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall), 2010

Sinead Davies
Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

Julia Matthews
Julia Matthews
Julia Matthews

Julia Matthews, c. 1862

Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

William Saurin Lyster
William Saurin Lyster
William Saurin Lyster

William Saurin Lyster, mid to late 1860s

Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)
The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)
The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896

David Davies
Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2009

Rhys Jones
Rhys Jones
Rhys Jones

Rhys Jones, 1991

Rhodri G. Davies
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Betty Meehan 2013

George Rose
George Rose
George Rose

George Rose, 1811

Giovanni Vendramini, T Cadell & W Davies after William Evans, Sir William Beechey
Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS
The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS
The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS

The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS, 1814

Henry Meyer, T Cadell & W Davies after Sir Thomas Lawrence, William Evans
Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

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