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Don Watson, 2002

Gift of the artist 2004

Gordon Watson, 1964

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Ian Roberts (after Coypel 1709), 2003

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

Jenny Watson 4, February 1979, 1979 (printed 2012)

Purchased 2012

Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham), 2009

Gift of the artist 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Super League

The portrait of Ian Roberts by Ross Watson.

Master of the Hunt "Steady, Gentlemen, Steady!" [Mr George Watson], 1874

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Grant (No. 3 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)

Robert (No. 1 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)

Lindy (No. 2 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)

Barton and Watson, 1902

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

John Hawkesworth LLD, c. 1850 (originally 1776)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Robert, Lindy, Grant, 1981

Purchased 2002

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1850 (published)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Janet Dawson’s painting of Michael Boddy gives paws for thought

Bronwyn Watson writes about Summer 1986 for the Popular Pet Show.

Lindy Morrison

Musician Lindy Morrison on starting out as a drummer, and Jenny Watson's portraits of The Go-Betweens.

Angel of the Gap, 2009

Russell Page in Venice, 1997

Purchased 2002

Harmony (Self portrait)

Tony Bilson, c. 2005

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Bilson 2008

Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra, 1982 (printed 2000)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

Hot Scots

James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Janet Dawson

When soulmates Janet Dawson and Michael Boddy moved from Sydney to a property, Boddy was clear about why: ‘Our marriage is one long conversation - we moved to the bush so we could talk to each other without so many interruptions.’

Seeing stars

It has been suggested that Sir Thomas Brisbane’s interest in the New South Wales governorship was as attributable to his passion for astronomy as to the desirability of the position as a prestigious career move.

Be frank

Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.

Uncommon Australians

This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.

Showing character

Joanna Gilmour on Tom Durkin playing with Melbourne's manhood.

Reflections on portraiture

An extract from the 2004 Nuala O'Flaaherty Memorial Lecture at the Queen Victoria Musuem and Art Gallery in Launceston in which Andrew Sayers reflects on the unique qualities of a portrait gallery.

Mash-up

Penelope Grist delves into an insightful portraiture exhibition that asks: How do three artists see the same sitter?

Home is where the art is

Tedi Bills on how social media in the age of COVID-19 has fanned the flames of our portrait fascination.

The long game

Penelope Grist spends some quality time with the Portrait Gallery’s summer collection exhibition, Eye to Eye.

Getting bare

How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.

Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Portrait Donors

The incomparable Beaton

To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).