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Dempsey's people
A folio of British street portraits 1824–1844
Previous exhibition, 2017
Dempsey’s people: a folio of British street portraits 1824–1844 is the first exhibition to showcase the compelling watercolour images of English street people made by the itinerant English painter John Dempsey throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.
Unknown drawer
Magazine article by Dr David Hansen, 2017
Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.
The last word
Magazine article by Dr David Hansen, 2022
David Hansen’s tribute to his close friend, prince of words and former National Portrait Gallery director, the late Angus Trumble.
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later Queen Alexandra), c. 1862
an unknown artist after Georg Emil Hansen
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Painting mates
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2011
Michael Desmond discusses Fred Williams' portraits of friends, artist Clifton Pugh, David Aspden and writer Stephen Murray-Smith, and the stylistic connections between his portraits and landscapes.
David Potts reflected in a magazine page, c. 1949 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
David Gulpilil, Arnhem Land, 1981 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
Aboriginal couple, Finniss Springs Mission, South Australia, 1959 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
David Low
Biography
Sir David Low, caricaturist, published his first cartoon in the British comic Big Budget at the age of eleven, while resident in his native New Zealand.
5 portraits in the collection
David M Thomas
Dream Job
Previous exhibition, 2011
Since 1993 Brisbane-based artist David M Thomas has investigated self identity through art works that encompass painting, text, audio, video and performance.
David, 2016
by David Darcy
Image
David Simpson
Biography
David Simpson, photographer, is represented in the Art Gallery of South Australia, his subjects including HM Queen Elizabeth II, Don Bradman, David Gulpilil and Sir Mark and Lady Oliphant.
1 portrait in the collection
David McKenzie Dow OBE
Biography
David McKenzie Dow OBE (1870-1953) was official secretary for Australia in America in 1924-31, and acting commissioner-general in 1931-38.
1 portrait in the collection
David Potts
Biography
David Potts (1926-2012) was a documentary photographer with a career spanning more than fifty years.
3 portraits in the collection
David Jones
Biography
David Jones (1793-1873), merchant, began his retail career in Pembrokeshire and London before emigrating to Sydney via Hobart.
1 portrait in the collection
David Moore
Biography
David Moore was a photographer who helped to establish the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney with colleague Wesley Stacey.
115 portraits in the collection