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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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Jack Lang

Jack Lang

Jack Lang

Jack Lang, c. 1930-1940

Portrait, collage of coloured paper, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Lola Montes

Bringing down a kingdom

The king and the showgirl

Captain Francis de Groot

Captain Francis Edward de Groot

Francis Edward de Groot (1888-1969) was born in Dublin and came to Australia in 1910.

1 portrait in the collection

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes, c. 1845

Joseph Karl Stieler

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

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François Jacques Dequevauvillier

François Jacques Dequevauviller was the son of the French engraver Nicolas-Barthelemy François Dequevauviller (1745–1807).

1 portrait in the collection

W. A. (Sir John Forrest)

Hon. Sir John Forrest GCMG

Sir John Forrest (1847-1918), explorer and politician, trained as a surveyor and led an 1869 expedition in search of Ludwig Leichhardt.

2 portraits in the collection

Langscape, 2006 by Murray Vanderveer

Langscape, 2006

by Murray Vanderveer

Captain Francis de Groot

Captain Francis de Groot

Captain Francis de Groot

Captain Francis de Groot, 1932

Harold Cazneaux

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

The Billy Book

William Morris Hughes

William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) was Labor and National Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.

5 portraits in the collection

Kylie, 2004

Kylie

Previous exhibition, 2005

Kylie Minogue, one of Australia's most famous cultural exports is now the subject of her own exhibition.

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George Finey

George Finey, one of Australia's best-known cartoonists, was born in Auckland and was selling drawings to local newspapers by the time he was 14.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1948

Klaus Friedeberger

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Julie Friedeberger 2021

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1849

Portrait, pastel with ink wash on paper

Purchased 2009

Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney

Klaus Friedeberger

Klaus Friedeberger (1922-2019) fled Germany for England at the age of sixteen, and the next year found himself on the Dunera bound for internment in Australia.

3 portraits in the collection

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur

Eccleston Du Faur, 1911

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service 2020

Eccleston Du Faur

Frederick E. Du Faur

Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), environmentalist, public servant and arts patron, came to Australia from his native London in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

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