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Alexander Pearce
executed for murder
July 19th 1824

Public hanging

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008

As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, c. 1814

Thomas Phillips

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2011

Jack Lang

Jack Lang

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1967

Queen Susan

Queen Susan

Queen Susan

Queen Susan, c. 1868

Thomas J. Washbourne

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Lord Viscount Sydney

Thomas Townshend, Lord Viscount Sydney

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC (1733-1800) was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay.

1 portrait in the collection

Kismet (Mr Oscar Asche)

Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche

Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar Asche (1871–1936), actor, director and producer, was one of Australia’s most successful theatre exports.

2 portraits in the collection

Sir Thomas Gore-Browne

Sir Thomas Gore-Browne

Sir Thomas Gore-Browne

Sir Thomas Gore-Browne, 1864

Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley, c. 1870

Maull & Co Photographers

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Thomas Wentworth Wills

Thomas Wentworth Wills

Thomas Wentworth Wills

Thomas Wentworth Wills, c. 1859

an unknown artist

Portrait, 1/2 plate ambrotype with applied colour in a double elliptical brass matt in a leather case

Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr, c. 1886

Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Thomas Joseph Carr, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Thomas Joseph Carr, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Thomas Joseph Carr, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Thomas Joseph Carr, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, c. 1887

Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Lockdown dreaming II, 2020 John Morley, Madelin Bronar-Thomas and

Lockdown dreaming II

John Morley, Madelin Bronar-Thomas and

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, 1812

N Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips

Portrait, line engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler

Edward Paine Butler, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

Purchased 2009

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2013

William Robertson

William Robertson

William Robertson

William Robertson, 1866

Thomas Adams Hill

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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