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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.

Hal Hattam
Hal Hattam
Hal Hattam
Fred Williams

Hal Hattam, 1960

Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hattam family in memory of Hal and Kate Hattam 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
Clifton Pugh AO

A Portrait (Kate Hattam), 1956

Portrait, oil on board

Purchased 2006

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
The Illustrated London News after Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Queen Victoria, 1901

Portrait, photogravure on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
John Thomson

The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 1896

Portrait, albumen silver cabinet card photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Queen Victoria in mourning, with a portrait of Prince Albert
Queen Victoria in mourning, with a portrait of Prince Albert
Queen Victoria in mourning, with a portrait of Prince Albert
an unknown artist

Queen Victoria in mourning, with a portrait of Prince Albert, c. 1862

Portrait, lithograph in carte de visite format on paper on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Post Office Photographic Studio, Melbourne after John J. Mayall

Queen Victoria, 1860-1865

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020

A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria)
A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria)
A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria)
Jean Baptiste Guth, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria), 1897

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851
John Noone after William Strutt

Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883

Portrait, photolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Del Kathryn Barton the daughter 2012

Maiden Mother Crone

Upcoming exhibition

Enter the intricate and elaborate worlds of contemporary artists Del Kathryn Barton, Emily Hunt and Jess Johnson.

Her Majesty
Her Majesty
Her Majesty
John J. Mayall

Her Majesty, 1860

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card

Purchased 2020

Hal Hattam

Hal Hattam

Biography

Harold 'Hal' Hattam (1913-1994), doctor, artist and art collector, came to Australia from his native Scotland at the age of seven.

1 portrait in the collection

Thomas Pearce
Thomas Pearce
Thomas Pearce
The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne

Thomas Pearce, c. 1878

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on card

Purchased 2010

A Portrait (Kate Hattam)

Kate Hattam

Biography

Kathleen 'Kate' Hattam (1923–2004), stylesetter and art collector, was born in London and served with the Women’s Royal Air Force during the Second World War, stationed in radar at Beachey Head.

1 portrait in the collection

William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)
William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)
William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)
Antoine Fauchery, Richard Daintree

William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12), 1857-1858

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid on cardboard

Purchased 2014

Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)
Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)
Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)
Antoine Fauchery, Richard Daintree

Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1), 1858

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard

Purchased 2014

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria
Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria
Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria
Thomas Clark

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria, c. 1864

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007

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