Shakespeare to Winehouse open 9:00am–7:00pm on Thu, Fri, Sat from 7 July
Recorded 1977
Recorded 1964
Recorded 1965
NPPP judge Robert Cook provides irreverent insight into this year’s fare, and having to be a bit judgemental.
Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, third son of Sir Nathaniel Staples, Bt, was born in Northern Ireland, educated in Belgium, and studied architecture and art in Louvain, Dresden, Paris and London.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996) was an illustrator and painter who arrived in Sydney from England in 1924.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), explorer, came to Australia in 1853 and joined the Victorian police force.
4 portraits in the collection
Sir Robert William Duff (1835–1895) was governor of New South Wales from May 1893 until March 1895.
2 portraits in the collection
James Robert M. Robertson (1844-1932), mining engineer and coal magnate, was the son of a Scottish surgeon and colliery owner, and qualified in medicine himself before opting for a career in mining.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes 2015
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of R. Ian Lloyd 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020