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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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Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim, c. 1958

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on grey backing sheet (folded)

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb

William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848), statesman, was Prime Minister of Britain in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841.

2 portraits in the collection

Standing in the now and looking to the future, 2020 Laura Reid

Standing in the now and looking to the future

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, 1839

Charles Turner after Sir George Hayter

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne, 1832

Samuel Freeman, Fisher, Son & Co London after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Lunch at Fran's, 2022 Abigail Varney

Lunch at Fran's

The Assumption of Virginity, 2014 by Xanthe Dobbie, video: 1 minute

The Assumption of Virginity, 2014

by Xanthe Dobbie

General content

Finalist, MDPA 2014

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1960s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1970s

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE

Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE (b. 1931) is an immunologist and medical scientist.

4 portraits in the collection

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan, 1964

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Sir Colin Syme

Sir Colin Syme AK

Sir Colin Syme AK (1903-1986) was chairman of BHP from 1952 to1971. Born in Perth, he attended Scotch College in Claremont, the universities of Perth and Melbourne and the University of New South Wales before becoming a solicitor in the Melbourne firm of Hedderwick, Fookes and Alston in 1923.

1 portrait in the collection

Breakfast with bats, 2017 by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Breakfast with bats, 2017

by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Sir James McNeill

Sir James McNeill CBE

Sir James McNeill CBE (1916-1987) was chairman of BHP from 1977 to 1984.

1 portrait in the collection

An Arctic Time Signature

by Devika Bilimoira

General content

Finalist, MDPA 2015

Self portrait

Nolan Heads

Previous exhibition, 2001

Nolan Heads will focus on the portraiture of one of Australia's most original painters and one of the few to have achieved an international reputation

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