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Kylie and Nell, 2019 Adrian Cook

Kylie and Nell

Nell Gwyn, c. 1680 Simon Verelst

Nell Gwyn

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

New acquisitions

Current exhibition

A collection display that showcases some recent major acquisitions including Nell and Julie Rrap.

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, colour lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005

Mr Mortimer Lewis

Mr Mortimer Lewis

Mr Mortimer Lewis

Mr Mortimer Lewis, c. 1828

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sisters, 2010 by John Van-Den-Broeke

Sisters, 2010

by John Van-Den-Broeke

Ninety-nine-and-three-quarters, 2016 by Nic Duncan

Ninety-nine-and-three-quarters, 2016

Doug from Eden, 2018 Yvonne East

Doug from Eden, 2018

Mrs Elizabeth Lewis

Mrs Elizabeth Lewis

Mrs Elizabeth Lewis

Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, c. 1830

an unknown artist

Portrait, watercolour on ivory

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait 23: Identity

Artists and Collectives

General content

Arts Project Australia, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble, Abdul Abdullah, Alison Alder, Amrita Hepi, Atong Atem, Christopher Bassi, Kate Beynon, Mia Boe, Baby Guerrilla, Tarryn Gill, Julie Gough, Naomi Hobson, Deborah Kelly, Fiona McMonagle, Angelica Mesiti, Dylan Mooney, Nell, Sally Smart, Vipoo Srivilasa, Latai Taumoepeau and Kaylene Whiskey.

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Gordon Glenn

Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.

3 portraits in the collection

The Hon. Edward Gough Whitlam by Martin Wilson

Fuzzy Prime Ministers of Australia

Previous exhibition, 2001

In the one hundred years since Federation, Australia has produced twenty-five Prime Ministers of all shapes, shades and sizes

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2015

Previous exhibition, 2015

An annual event to extend traditional notions of portraiture and foster emerging artists with an interest in contemporary technology.

Mrs Elizabeth Lewis

Elizabeth Lewis

Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), surveyor and architect, and his wife Elizabeth (née Clements, c.

1 portrait in the collection

Mr Mortimer Lewis

Mortimer Lewis

Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), surveyor and architect, and his wife Elizabeth (née Clements, c.

1 portrait in the collection

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson

John Knatchbull, Murderer of Mrs Ellen Jamieson, 1844

Charles Rodius, Hiberian Printing Office

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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