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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Jiawei Shen

Jiawei Shen

Jiawei Shen

Jiawei Shen, 2006

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

The Surgeon (Dr Julian Smith)

The Surgeon (Dr Julian Smith)

The Surgeon (Dr Julian Smith)

The Surgeon (Dr Julian Smith), 1934

Harold Cazneaux

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Bungaree, late chief of the Broken Bay tribe, Sydney

Heads of the People

A Portrait of Colonial Australia

Previous exhibition, 2000

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

John Perceval

John Perceval

John Perceval

John Perceval, 1985

Portrait, black conte on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

John Perceval

John Perceval

John Perceval

John Perceval, 1985

Portrait, black conte on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Li Cunxin

Li Cunxin AO

Li Cunxin AO (b. 1961) is the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet.

1 portrait in the collection

Marianne Egan and her children Gertrude Evans Cahuac and Henry William Cahuac

Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture

Absence rends the heart asunder

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson, c. 1960

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mary Thomson 2017

Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval

John Perceval AO

John Perceval AO (1923-2000) was a painter and ceramic artist. Early on, along with Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker, he was part of a loose group of largely self-taught Australian artists, now known as the Angry Penguins, who rebelled against the conservatism of the art establishment.

10 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Julia Swan

Julia Swan

Harriet and Julia Swan were daughters of the successful Hobart merchant John Swan (1796–1858), who emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land in 1823 with his wife and first four daughters.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Harriet Swan

Harriet Swan

Harriet and Julia Swan were daughters of the successful Hobart merchant John Swan (1796–1858), who emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land in 1823 with his wife and first four daughters.

1 portrait in the collection

King Henry VIII, 1597-1618 Unknown artist

King Henry VIII

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning (b. 1969) is the frontman of Queensland band Powderfinger.

1 portrait in the collection

Sarah and Ann Jacob

Sarah and Ann Jacob

Sarah and Ann Jacob

Sarah and Ann Jacob, c. 1866

Townsend Duryea

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Purchased 2018

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Robin Sellick

Robin Sellick (b. 1967), photographer, is well known for his distinctive portraits of Australian actors, musicians, politicians and athletes.

17 portraits in the collection

Sir John Hay

Sir John Hay

Sir John Hay

Sir John Hay, 1887

Freeman Brothers

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

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