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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.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018



Purchased 2022



Purchased 2022



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