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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm

Caroline Chisholm, 1853

J B. Hunt after Antoine François Jean Claudet
Portrait, steel engraving on paper

Purchased 2015

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, n.d.

Emile Lassalle, Lemercier & Cie, Paris after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux
Bruny d'Entrecasteaux
Bruny d'Entrecasteaux

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, 1837

Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville, c. 1825

Forget
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Baron Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin
Baron Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin
Baron Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin

Baron Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin, 1837

Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)
Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)
Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1)

Sir Henry Barkly KCB, Governor of the Colony of Victoria (Plate 1), 1858

Antoine Fauchery, Richard Daintree
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard

Purchased 2014

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville.  Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe
J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville.  Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe
J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville.  Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe, c. 1833

Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased 2009

William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)
William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)
William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12)

William Clark Haines, Premier of Victoria (Plate 12), 1857-1858

Antoine Fauchery, Richard Daintree
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid on cardboard

Purchased 2014

Cook
Cook
Cook

Cook, n.d.

an unknown artist after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

J. D'Urville
J. D'Urville
J. D'Urville

J. D'Urville, n.d.

Emile Lassalle after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012 by Bridget Walker, video: 6 minutes

The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012

by Bridget Walker
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Finalist, iD2012

The Long Awaited, 2008 by Patricia Piccinini

Empathy

More about In the flesh

Patricia Piccinini places empathy at the heart of her practice. The tenderness of the moment dominates.

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