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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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Self portrait, 1645

The considered life

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2010

Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.

Self portrait

Give me five

Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2021

National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan AM nominates her quintet of favourites from the collection, with early twentieth-century ‘selfies’ filling the roster.

Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog

The Streetons’ rich serenade

If music be the food of love

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic.

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic.

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic.

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic., 1916

Portrait, pencil, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Robert H. Black MD

The artist and the doctor

Art, war, scandal

Practising the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong)

Hilda Spong

Hilda Spong (1875-1955), actress, came to Australia with her family when she was thirteen.

1 portrait in the collection

Maria

WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

Previous exhibition, 2022

Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.

Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus)

A. Henry Fullwood

Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930), artist, trained in art in his native Birmingham before moving to Sydney in 1883, aged 20.

1 portrait in the collection

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Alf Vincent

Alfred Vincent began working for the Bulletin in 1896, taking over from the renowned Phil May, his idol, with whom he was often - inevitably - unfavourably compared.

1 portrait in the collection

Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus)

Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus)

Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus)

Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus), 1919

Portrait, pencil on paper

Gift of Denis Savill 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers)

The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2009

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Percy Spence

Percy Spence, born in Balmain, grew up in Fiji and began art classes in Sydney in about 1888.

1 portrait in the collection

Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts, 1920

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Gerard Vaughan 2001

Robert Henderson Croll

Robert Henderson Croll

Robert Henderson Croll (1869-1947), author, worked as a clerk in the Victorian public service for over 40 years, but is better remembered for his books and journalism.

2 portraits in the collection

Robert H. Black MD

Robert Hughes Black ED BS FRACP

Robert Hughes Black ED MD DTM&H Dip Anth FRACP (1917-1988) was a world authority on malaria and Professor of Tropical Medicine in the Commonwealth Institute of Health, University of Sydney, for twenty years.

1 portrait in the collection

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David Davies

David Davies began studying art at the School of Mines and Industries in his birthplace, Ballarat.

1 portrait in the collection

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