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Husbands and Wives

Photographic Portraits from 19th Century Australia

'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.

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Selected images

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Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847 an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton
Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog
Arthur Streeton, Nora Streeton (nee Clench) and Pat, the dog, c. 1909 H. Walter Barnett
MacKenzie family silhouette
MacKenzie family silhouette, 1846 Samuel Metford
Mr Mortimer Lewis
Mr Mortimer Lewis, c. 1828 an unknown artist
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, c. 1830 an unknown artist
Martha Sarah Butler
Martha Sarah Butler, c. 1845 Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
Edward Paine Butler
Edward Paine Butler, c. 1845 Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
Portrait of Caroline Chisholm
Portrait of Caroline Chisholm, c. 1851 an unknown artist
Mary Windeyer
Mary Windeyer, 1850s an unknown artist
William Charles Windeyer
William Charles Windeyer, c. 1857 an unknown artist
Robert Kermode
Robert Kermode, c. 1840 Henry Mundy
Mrs Grey
Mrs Grey, c. 1845 Theresa Walker
Sir George Grey
Sir George Grey, c. 1845 Theresa Walker
Martha Kermode
Martha Kermode, c. 1840 Henry Mundy
Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott, c. 1861 Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery
Henry Squires
Henry Squires, c. 1861 Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery
Mr and Mrs R. T. Carter
Mr and Mrs R. T. Carter, c. 1863 Milligan Bros (Studio)
Theresa and James Laidley Mort
Theresa and James Laidley Mort, 1844 William Nicholas
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Sir William Charles Windeyer
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Private virtues public lives

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010

Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait

Elegance in exile

Portrait drawings from colonial Australia

Previous exhibition, 2012

Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
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