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Australian Aboriginal Cricketers

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Big Draw 2012 photos

14 October 2012

General content

Photos from around the gallery on the day of the Big Draw.

Teen Blooming, 2023 Emme Gleeson

Teen Blooming

Two people drawing

Drawn In

Event, Selected Sundays in Winter

Celebrating connection and collaboration, stay warm inside and out this winter with a new season of Drawn in at the National Portrait Gallery.

Two people drawing

Drawn in

Sonance Strings

Event, Sunday 20 July

Draw to the rich textures and melodic improvisations of string duo Tabitha (cello) and Christopher (guitar) from Sonance Strings as they weave a sonic tapestry of contemporary, indie and folk sounds through a mix of originals and covers.

Solitude, 2006 by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Solitude, 2006

by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

William, 2015 by Sandra Lamonaca

William, 2015

by Sandra Lamonaca

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Jinx Nolan

Jinx Nolan (b. 1941), artist, is the daughter of writer Cynthia Reed and the adopted daughter of Sidney Nolan, whom Reed married in 1948.

1 portrait in the collection

Judy, 2012 by Sally Robinson

Judy, 2012

by Sally Robinson

The In Between, 2019 Sibone Heary

The In Between, 2019

Silent Strength, 2021 Wayne Quilliam

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

Learning resources

Let’s look closely at the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 together! For students and family groups.

Guy in his studio, 2020 Peter Morgan

Guy in his studio

Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech (born May 28, 1964) in Sydney, Australia, is a former boxer, to whom many Australians refer to as the greatest boxing champion to ever come out of that country-continent.

2 portraits in the collection

Marty's living room, 2020 Benny Capp

Marty's living room

masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac
NYSPP 2010 winner

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

Previous exhibition, 2010

An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.

Robert Klippel

A bond of friendship

Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005

Australia's major abstract painter Yvonne Audette discusses her portrait of sculptor Robert Kippel.

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