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Of jumpers and river gums, red

Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.

Judicial portraits

Leslie Moran investigates the portraits of judges in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Good, bad and the ugly

Michael Desmond explores what makes a portrait subject significant.

Little treasures

The acquisition of the ivory miniatures of Mortimer and Mrs Lewis.

Star signs

Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.

Pretty in peach

Seduce Amuse Entertain

Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.

Form and reality

A photographic portrait by Kerry Dundas captures the contemplative mind of visionary painter Godfrey Miller.

Tiny Trace of a Colonial Giant

At just 7.8 x 6.2 cm, the daguerreotype of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa is one of the smallest works in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

Who's that?

Michael Desmond discusses the iconic picture of two Rugby League players which became known as 'The Gladiators'.

The fat of the land

Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’. 

Figurative foundation

Joanna Gilmour explores the life and art of the Australian artist Janet Dawson.

Fugue in Yellow

Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.

Wunderkind lost

Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.

Doodles of the Diva

Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.

Presence and absence

The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.