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Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So, 1959

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies, 1952

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes a Court AC

Janet Holmes à Court AC (b. 1943), businesswoman and philanthropist, graduated in science and worked as a teacher before marrying young Perth lawyer Robert Holmes à Court in 1966.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills, 1950

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Desert Island

Desert Island

Desert Island

Desert Island, 1967

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape, 1965

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Maisie

Maisie

Maisie

Maisie, 1938-1939

Peter Purves Smith

Portrait, gouache on paper

Bequest of Lady Maisie Drysdale 2001

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court

Janet Holmes á Court, 2001 (printed 2011)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Peter Allen, 1980

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Study of Louis Nowra

Louis Nowra

Louis Nowra (b. 1950), writer, grew up in dire family circumstances on a housing commission estate in Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Jacob Nash

Jacob Nash

Jacob Nash

Jacob Nash, 2017

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

At the Pantechnetheca, Exhibition, Eastern Arcade, Dominick Sonsee, the smallest man in the world

The Freak Show

General content

Many performers availed themselves of the services of photographic studios, posing for carte de visite portraits that served as souvenirs and as instruments in the making of renown and notoriety.

Shigeo Sawada

Shigeo Sawada

Shigeo Sawada

Shigeo Sawada, c. 1915

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Ron Wylie 2007

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra

Study of Louis Nowra, 2018

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on 64 canvas boards (nos. 108101-108164)

Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, John Kaldor AO and Naomi Milgrom AO 2018

Hugo at home (Hugo Weaving)

Nicholas Harding

Previous exhibition, 2017

Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.

Roi de Mestre (Roy de Maistre)

Roi de Mestre (Roy de Maistre)

Roi de Mestre (Roy de Maistre)

Roi de Mestre (Roy de Maistre), c. 1930

Portrait, pastel on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002

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