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Purchased 2013

William Strutt arrived in Melbourne in 1850 having undertaken his training in art in Paris in the late 1830s.
1 portrait in the collection

This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016



Purchased 2010



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Caltex Australia Ltd 2008



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.



Purchased 2022



Purchased 2022



Gift of the artist 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.



Purchased 2022