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Hon Jim Carlton AO (1935-2015), a Liberal Party politician, represented the Sydney electorate of Mackeller in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1994.

1 portrait in the collection

The Honourable J.J. Carlton with Cravat, 2000

Esther Erlich

Gift of an anonymous donor 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William Burman

William Insull Burman came to Victoria in 1853 and worked as a painter and decorator before establishing his own photography business in Carlton in about 1863.

1 portrait in the collection

Brad, Carlton North

Alan Weedon

Image

Slim Dusty at Carlton Hill Station, WA, 1993

John Elliott

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Slim Dusty and Dame Edna Everage, Carlton Hill Station, WA, 10 July 1993

Slim Dusty and Dame Edna Everage, Carlton Hill Station, WA, 10 July 1993, 1993

John Elliott

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Arthur William Burman

Arthur William Burman was one of the nine children of photographer William Insull Burman (1814-1890), who came to Victoria in 1853.

2 portraits in the collection

Stephanie Carlton on Self portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck

Behind the scenes

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Behind the scenes with Stephanie Carlton, International project frames conservator, National Portrait Gallery, London.

Harry Hudson

Harry Hudson (1907-1974) was a Melbourne-based painter. His work was included in a number of group exhibitions at the Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Carlton in the 1980s along with those of such notable artists as Roland Wakelin, Grace Cossington-Smith and James Gleeson.

1 portrait in the collection

Ron Barassi AM

Ron Barassi AM (1936‒2023) is among the most celebrated individuals in the history of Australian Rules football.

2 portraits in the collection

Ron Barassi, 1975

Rennie Ellis

Purchased 2006

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence (1969-1997) lead singer of the rock band INXS was widely recognised as a charismatic live performer.

2 portraits in the collection

Ronald Dale Barassi, 2000

Lewis Miller

Previous exhibition, 2000

Gift of the artist 2007. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sporting Archibald

Celebrating the focus on sport during 2000, this special exhibition features our national sporting heroes and heroines immortalised on canvas

Thomas Clark

Thomas Clark, teacher and painter, arrived in Victoria from England in about 1852, having been anatomical draftsman at King's College London and headmaster of the Birmingham School of Design.

1 portrait in the collection

Victor Smorgon AC

Portrait, etching on paper

Victor Smorgon AO (1913-2009), industrialist and philanthropist, is the former chairman of Smorgon Consolidated Industries.

3 portraits in the collection

Victor Smorgon, 2000

Peter Wegner

Gift of the artist 2002

Esther Erlich

Esther Erlich (b. 1955), a Melbourne-based painter, has been exhibiting since the early 1980s, often with the Libby Edwards Galleries in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and the Barry Newton Gallery in Adelaide.

3 portraits in the collection

Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was founded in Melbourne in 1864 by Henry James Johnstone and a photographer known as ‘Miss O’Shaughnessy’, who had previously been in partnership with her mother in their own photographic business in Carlton.

12 portraits in the collection

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Polly Borland

Purchased 2000

Richard Pratt, 2003 (printed 2011)

Lorrie Graham

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

David Williamson AO

Portrait, pastel and charcoal on paper

David Williamson AO (b. 1942), playwright, studied and lectured in mechanical engineering and psychology before achieving success with his works for the stage.

4 portraits in the collection

Disillusion self portrait, 1983

Mary MacQueen

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robin MacQueen 2007

Betty Burstall AM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Betty Burstall AM (1926–2013) played a vital role in the development of theatre in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Victor and Loti Smorgon, 1995 (printed 2001)

Kate Gollings

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2001

Joseph Brown AO OBE

Joseph Brown AO OBE (1918–2009), art collector, art dealer and philanthropist, arrived in Australia with his father and siblings from Poland in 1933; his mother had passed away shortly before their departure.

2 portraits in the collection

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria, c. 1864

Thomas Clark

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007

Ross Watson

Ross Watson specialises in interpolating representations of lithe semi-naked men into copies of paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Ter Borsch, David and Bronzino.

2 portraits in the collection

Tony Bilson, c. 2005

George Fetting

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Bilson 2008

Betty Burstall, 1945

Arthur Boyd AC OBE

Purchased 1998

Meredith Rogers

Meredith Rogers, theatre director and academic, studied at the University of Melbourne and worked between 1974 and 1979 with Kiffy Rubbo at the Ewing and George Paton Galleries.

1 portrait in the collection

Richard Pratt

Richard Pratt (1934-2009), businessman, came to Australia with his parents, Polish Jews, in 1938.

2 portraits in the collection

Tony Bilson OAM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Tony Bilson, OAM (1944-2020), chef, grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar school before opening his first restaurant, La Pomme d'Or, in Camberwell in 1971.

1 portrait in the collection

Jeanne Pratt at home, 2015

Alana Landsberry

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alana Landsberry and Bauer Media Australia 2019

Julia Gillard AC

Julia Gillard AC (b. 1961) was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013.

1 portrait in the collection

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Honour board

Jeanne Pratt AC

The Lives of Barry Humphries

Jeanne Pratt AC (b. c. 1936), born to Jewish parents in Poland before the war, came to Australia as a three year old.

1 portrait in the collection

Rarely Everage

Previous exhibition, 2002

The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Harry Borden

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

David Williamson, 1974 (printed 2001)

Gordon Glenn

Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945

Purchased 2001

Mysterious eyes

Previous exhibition, 2016

Boyd’s self-portrait at age 25 is joined by his equally emotive portraits of those around him.

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Janet Dawson

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Frances Perry, c. 1863

Batchelder & O'Neill

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Purchased 2012

James Macpherson Grant, c. 1870s

Paterson Brothers

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018

Diamond Doll

Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2016

Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.

Gustavus Brooke, c. 1865

Burman and Son

Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Tim Burstall

Fredrick Charles Burman after John Cochran

Tim Burstall (1927-2004) set up Eltham Films in the early 1950s, when the local film industry was moribund.

2 portraits in the collection

Reverend Daniel Draper, c. 1866

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Purchased 2010

Arthur Boyd Portraits

Previous exhibition, 1999

This is the first in a series of National Portrait Gallery exhibitions to survey the portraits painted by artists who are not thought of, primarily, as portrait painters

Georg von Neumayer, c. 1860

Johnstone & Co

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

Percy Leason