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Brian Dunlop
Joseph Brown, 1980
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Noel McKenna
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists, 1996
Portrait, enamel on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Joseph Brown AO OBE
Biography
Joseph Brown AO OBE (1918–2009), art collector, art dealer and philanthropist, arrived in Australia with his father and siblings from Poland in 1933; his mother had passed away shortly before their departure.
2 portraits in the collection
Dario Castellini after Carlo Liverati
Robert Brown, c. 1835
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Helga Leunig
Bob Brown at his home in Liffey, 1988 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helga Leunig 2013
Adam Knott
Bryan Brown, 2008
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Janet Dawson
Joseph Cotta, 1984
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016
Harold Thornton
Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz, 1983
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Harold Thornton 2009
William Daniell after George Dance
Sir Joseph Banks, 1811
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
William Ridley
Sir Joseph Banks, 1802
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
William Evans, Anthony Cardon after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir Joseph Banks, 1810
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000
William Dickinson after Sir Joshua Reynolds
Joseph Banks Esq, 1774
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2008
Samuel Bellin after Francis Grant
Charles Joseph La Trobe, c. 1857
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2010
John Raphael Smith after Sir Benjamin West
Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1788
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased 2010
Thomas Woolner
Charles Joseph La Trobe, 1853
Portrait, cast bronze relief medallion
Purchased 2006
N Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, 1812
Portrait, line engraving on paper
Purchased 2010