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Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, 2017

Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing

Purchased 2019

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887

Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Margaux, 2021 Meng-Yu Yan

Margaux

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe (1907-2007) is considered to be one of the major ceramic artists of his time particularly in the field of arthenware (lower-fired and more colourful work than stoneware).

1 portrait in the collection

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe, c. 1955

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alan Lowe and Marian Lowe 2000

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892), politician, studied and tutored in law at Oxford before coming to Australia in 1842.

4 portraits in the collection

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke), n.d.

Portrait, watercolour on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, 1870

Elliott and Fry

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Statesmen, No. 4

Meeting by Murder

Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005

The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, colour lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005

Nine square images of previous winners of the National Photographic Portrait Prize

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024

Upcoming exhibition

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

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Reshid Bey

Reshid Bey was a Victorian painter and teacher. Born in Berlin when his father was Turkish ambassador there, he came to Australia, his mother’s homeland, when he was a young man.

3 portraits in the collection

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull

John Knatchbull (c. 1792-1844), naval captain and convict, served in the British navy before being convicted of stealing and transported to New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson, 1844

Charles Rodius, Hiberian Printing Office

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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