Mary Anne Egan (also Marianne or Marian, née Cheers, 1818–1857), was born in Sydney, the daughter of ex-convicts.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2014
Ted Egan AM, folklorist, raconteur, songwriter and performer, has lived in the Northern Territory since 1949.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Absence rends the heart asunder
John Bulmer (1833-1913), missionary and clergyman, came to Australia in 1852 and worked as a cabinetmaker in Melbourne for two years before going to the goldfields.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry (Harry) Edwards (1827–1891), actor and entomologist, arrived in Melbourne in 1853 after a short-lived attempt at studying for a career in law.
1 portrait in the collection
Jenny Kee AO (b. 1947) is a fashion designer and an Australian style icon.
1 portrait in the collection
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.
Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.
Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.