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Tracey, 2018

The Darling

Beards were generally been out for British military men in the 1800s: civilians might have worn them as badges of masculinity, but in the army they were perhaps a bit too close to indiscipline for comfort.

The hand of Captain Cook

Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.

Rev. Fred Nile, Festival of Light, Sydney, 1981

Purchased 1999

Michael Kimmelman

Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times and author of Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre and Elsewhere, presented the National Portrait Gallery Third Anniversary Lecture on 2 March 2002. He was generously brought to Australia by the Gordon Darling Foundation and Qantas.

The human condition – Self-portrait #3, 2019

Harriet, blind, 2010

Headspace 3

The self-portrait enables students to explore emerging and changing aspects of their own identity, their sense of self, their place in the world, their experience of being human

Bequests

Leaving a gift in your Will to the National Portrait Gallery is a thoughtful way to ensure an ongoing legacy for the benefit of future generations.

Tristan Has A Bad Heart, 2018

Luther Cora

Yeah, so it's my daughter. So, I shot this last year, I think on the Gold Coast, we had a little lockdown period, couple of lockdown period.

Arthur and Ria Murch, 1945

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Neighbourhood Watch, 2015

Peter Robinson, Lingerie Importer, 2006

The Mirror, 2016

123 Faces

Magda Keaney examines the 123 Faces project by Simon Obarzanek.