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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.
Angus Trumble salutes the glorious portraiture of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Vicky Tycho 2013
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by James Bain AM and Janette Bain 2010
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by James Bain AM and Janette Bain 2010
Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.
Over the last five years the National Portrait Gallery has developed a collection of portrait photographs that reflects both the strength and diversity of Australian achievement as well as the talents of our photographers.
Purchased 2004
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
For Tom Roberts - Australia's best nineteenth-century portrait painter - neither a proto-national portrait gallery nor more popular collections of portrait heads, were sufficient public celebrations for the notables of Australian history
Purchased 1999
