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George Richmond, son of the miniature painter Thomas Richmond, grew up in London, took early artistic instruction from his father and enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools in 1824.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir John Longstaff, born in Clunes, Victoria, studied at the NGV school from 1883 to 1887 and thenceforth at Corman's in Paris.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Edmund Barton GCMG PC KC (1849-1920), Australia’s first prime minister, was the youngest of nine children of a well-educated woman.
6 portraits in the collection
Justin O'Brien (1917-1996) was one of the major Australian artists of his generation.
3 portraits in the collection
Robert Williams Pohlman (1811–1877), judge, arrived in Melbourne in 1840 and with his brother acquired a sheep station, Darlington (later Glenhope), near Kyneton.
1 portrait in the collection
Naomi Watts (b. 1968), actress, was born in England and came to Australia from Wales at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE (1912–2005) was the first South Australian woman member of Federal Parliament.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (1843–1928), 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, landowner and Liberal politician, was governor of New South Wales in the late 1880s.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Laurence Hartnett (1898-1986), automotive engineer, was born in Woking, Surrey.
1 portrait in the collection
The Rt Hon Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH (1911–2002) was the nineteenth prime minister of Australia and the only senator yet to have served in the office.
5 portraits in the collection
Thomas Foster Chuck (1826-1898), photographer and entrepreneur, was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1861.
4 portraits in the collection
Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (1916-2014) was prime minister from the end of 1972 to the end of 1975.
12 portraits in the collection
Sir Hartley Williams (1843–1929), judge, was the third child and second son of Edward Eyre Williams and his wife, Jessie.
1 portrait in the collection
Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), surveyor and architect, and his wife Elizabeth (née Clements, c.
1 portrait in the collection
Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), surveyor and architect, and his wife Elizabeth (née Clements, c.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Wade (1810–1854), surveyor, was trained in surveying at Dublin College before being employed as a civilian assistant by the Royal Engineers Corps.
1 portrait in the collection