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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.

Richard Butler
Richard Butler
Richard Butler

Richard Butler, 1859

Lucy Meadows
Portrait, watercolour and pencil on paper

Purchased 2019

Annie Butler
Annie Butler
Annie Butler

Annie Butler, 1859

Lucy Meadows
Portrait, watercolour and pencil on buff board

Purchased 2019

Lucy Culliton, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Lucy Culliton

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Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.

Lucy Culliton
Lucy Culliton
Lucy Culliton

Lucy Culliton, 2003

Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Terror to Pieces by Nikki Toole

Elle on wheels

Magazine article by Lucy Quinn, 2013

Lucy Quinn compares the approaches of three photographers lured to the action and culture of roller derby.

Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott

Lucy Escott, c. 1861

Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite, hand coloured on card

Purchased 2009

Mrs Grey
Mrs Grey
Mrs Grey

Mrs Grey, c. 1845

Theresa Walker
Portrait, cast wax

Purchased 1999

Self portrait

Profile of a marriage

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

Dr Sarah Engledow explores the lives of Sir George Grey and his wife Eliza, the subjects of a pair of wax medallions in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing, n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing

Gregory Lorenzutti
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Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing, n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing

Gregory Lorenzutti
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Lucy, 2006 by Sally McInerney

Lucy, 2006

by Sally McInerney
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Lucy Escott

An international troupe of two

It's Complicated

Office romance

Sisters baking, 2009 by Hamish Gregory

Sisters baking, 2009

by Hamish Gregory
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Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC

Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001

Jiawei Shen
Portrait, ball point pen on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003

Preparatory study of Tom Hughes
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes

Preparatory study of Tom Hughes, 2003

Jiawei Shen
Portrait, brown chalk and pastel on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003

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