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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.

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.

Tim Winton

2020 Annual Appeal

Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue)
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue)
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue)

Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue), 2001

Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Mary Chomley
Mary Chomley
Mary Chomley

Mary Chomley, 1909

Violet Teague
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

Pride, 2020 Christopher Hopkins

Pride

Christopher Hopkins
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Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1575  associated with Nicholas Hilliard

Queen Elizabeth I

associated with Nicholas Hilliard
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The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM
The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM
The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM

The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM, 2019

Pamela Joyce, Australian Tapestry Workshop
Portrait, wool and cotton tapestry

Gift of The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM 2021

The Capel Family, c. 1640 Cornelius Johnson

The Capel Family

Cornelius Johnson
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Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), 1588 Unknown artist

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

Unknown artist
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Sir Henry Lee, 1568 Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)

Sir Henry Lee

Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)
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Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine, c. 1610 Robert Peake the Elder

Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine

Robert Peake the Elder
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Mary Neville, Lady Dacre and Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, 1559 Hans Eworth

Mary Neville, Lady Dacre and Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre

Hans Eworth
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King Henry VIII, 1597-1618 Unknown artist

King Henry VIII

Unknown artist
Image
Deborah Mailman

Portrait Allsorts

In Gallery Seven
Previous exhibition, 2020

Offering portraiture in all its flavours: painting, photography, drawing, textiles, printmaking and sculpture, this exhibition is a feast for minds and eyes.

image not online

Annual Appeal

Listed by year
Honour board
Wendy Bowman, 2019 David Darcy

The People’s Choice Awards

16 June 2020
Archived media releases 2020

The votes have been counted, and the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s People’s Choice Awards for the Prize exhibitions are...

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