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Peter Allen, 1980

Purchased 2003

Darcey Bussell

Davida Allen

Going around a gallery with a child, we point to a painting of a dog and brightly ask ‘What’s that?’ If they don’t say ‘A dog’, we tell them that’s what it is. We don’t say it’s a shape inscribed by an artist that’s popularly understood to signify a dog. That’d only serve to foster a smarty-pants.

hey, Betty (Portrait of Betty Churcher), 1990

Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Reverend John Allen Manton, President of the Australasian Conference and Governor of Horton College, Tasmania, c. 1855

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Peter Schipperheyn

Sculptor Peter Schipperheyn talks about working with marble and his portrait of Peter Garrett.

Bust of Peter Garrett, 1991-2016

Gift of the artist 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dressing for dinner, 1992

Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Peter Sculthorpe

To celebrate Peter Sculthorpe's 80th birthday, the National Portrait Gallery has created a feature exhibition of portraits and associated biographic material drawn from the National Portrait Gallery and the composer’s personal collection.