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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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Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27

Men of the Day No. 27 "La Reyne le veult" (Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre), 1871

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw

Gayfield Shaw, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw, 2018

by Sarah Rhodes

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Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018

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Sinead Davies

Sinead Davies, born in Ireland, studied at the Byam Shaw School in London from 1976 to 1980, winning the Byam Shaw Scholarship in 1978 and the British Foundation Institute Award of the Royal Academy of Art in 1980.

1 portrait in the collection

Jack Charles

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2012

Previous exhibition, 2012

The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie

James Scobie

James Scobie (1860-1940), horse trainer, was born at Ararat, Victoria, and at age 20 he rode his first metropolitan jumping winner at Ballarat.

1 portrait in the collection

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Hayward Veal

Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Lost in thought, 2008 by Quentin Jones

Lost in thought, 2008

by Quentin Jones

Douglas Carnegie

Douglas Carnegie

Douglas Carnegie

Douglas Carnegie, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd, 1970

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark

Portraits for Posterity

Previous exhibition, 2006

Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.

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Helen Edwards

Helen Edwards, a member of Portrait Artists Australia, has been a finalist in the Black Swan Prize four times, the Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize in Bega once and has been selected for the Salon des Refusés of the Archibald twice.

1 portrait in the collection

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall)

The tennis player (Ken Rosewall), 2010

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

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