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Our First Lesson
Jimmy Widders Hunt
Image
(James Smith) Homunculus trance, 2023-2024
Emily Hunt
Portrait, calico, glazed ceramic, gold lustre, wood, nylon string, synthetic wig, found textiles and bronze
Purchased 2024
Caroline Chisholm, 1853
J B. Hunt after Antoine François Jean Claudet
Portrait, steel engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being, 2023-2024
Emily Hunt
Portrait, etching on paper
Purchased 2024
Master of the Hunt "Steady, Gentlemen, Steady!" [Mr George Watson], 1874
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Mr George Watson
Biography
George John Watson (1829–1906), racing entrepreneur, was born at Ballydarton in Co.
1 portrait in the collection
1967, 2019
Dave Laslett
Image
And then came the night
Amanda Miller
Image
Peter Purves Smith
Biography
Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), artist, went to Geelong Grammar with his lifelong friend Russell Drysdale.
2 portraits in the collection
Frank Wootton, c. 1908
Sir Leslie Ward, Hentschel-Colourtype, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Recognition
Percy Leason's Aboriginal Portraits
Previous exhibition, 1999
Originally conceived as an anthropological record, Percy Leason’s powerful 1934 portraits of Victorian Aboriginal people are today considered to be a highlight of 20th century Australian portraiture
Nicholas Hope
Biography
Nicholas Hope (b. 1959), shot to international fame in art movie circles as the star of Bad Boy Bubby, a cult Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and released in 1994.
1 portrait in the collection
Nicholas Hope,
Jimmy Pozarik OAM
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
The Dissecting Room
General content
Though initially developed by physicians, phrenology was taken up by certain non-medical practitioners who applied the theory to social questions such as education and criminal reform.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Learning resources
We encourage you to look, to feel, to think, to question and most importantly, to identify and connect.
Studio
Australian Painters Photographed by R. Ian Lloyd
Previous exhibition, 2007
Studio: Australian Painters Photographed by R