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Elizabeth Roberts (1812–1833) was the daughter of Warwickshire-born William Roberts (1754–1819) and his wife, Jane (née Longhurst, c.
1 portrait in the collection
The National Portrait Gallery has officially launched a new digital interactive Gallery experience called Headhunt!, the first app of its kind being used in museums and galleries. Headhunt! is a tablet-based app for visitors aged 7-15 that encourages children to take the lead and independently explore the Gallery.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2013
Collection: National Portrait Gallery Study Collection, Canberra
Gift of John Molony 2018
Purchased 2002
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2004
John Lort Stokes (1812–1885), explorer, naval officer and surveyor, joined the navy at age twelve and age thirteen was assigned to HMS Beagle as a midshipman.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.
James McCabe provides proof that hanging wasn’t necessarily a fate reserved for the perpetrators of murder and other deeds of darkest hue.
Close contemporaries, Thea Proctor, Margaret Preston and Grace Cossington Smith were frequently sources of inspiration and irritation to each other.
The National Portrait Gallery this week launches an online exhibition of Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe to coincide with Reconciliation Week.