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A Pioneering Life
Magazine article by Lauren Dalla, 2005
During her time in Australian politics, Dame Nancy Buttfield was an impressive advocate for equality for women and was responsible for ending the marriage bar for women in the Public Service.
The aviatrix
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Blue Collar Icon
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
Dr Sarah Engledow delves into the life of union leader Pat Mackie who is depicted in a portrait by Nancy Borlase AM.
Capturing the Mouse
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
Nancy Wake AC (b. 1912), one of the most decorated women of World War 2, earned the name the 'White Mouse' for her maddening ability to evade the Gestapo.
Portrait 32
June - August 2009
Magazine
This issue features Vanity Fair, Nancy Bird Walton, William Barak, Sidney Kidman, Benjamin Duterrau's portraits of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania, and more.
Portrait 13
September - November 2004
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Nancy Wake, Jon Campbell's portrait of Paul Kelly, George Selth Coppin, Henri Cartier-Bresson and more.
Promise Fulfilled
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The life and achievements of Sir Edward Holden, who is represented in the portrait collection by a bust created by Leslie Bowles.
The line of fire
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2005
Michelle Fracaro examines the life of World War II nurse Margaret Anderson, whose portrait by Napier Waller is in the NPG collection.
All there in black and white
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
The National Portrait Gallery acquired a beguiling silhouette group portrait by Samuel Metford, an English artist who spent periods of his working life in America.
Be frank
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
Portrait of a patron
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
A new painting by Jiawei Shen captures the vision and resolve of the Gallery's founder, L. Gordon Darling AC CMG.
Diamond Doll
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2016
Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.
Boyd to man
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2016
Christopher Chapman looks at influences and insight in the formative years of Arthur Boyd.
International issue
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Conflicting images
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
In the thick of it
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Projecting the splendour of the empire, and the resolve of its subjects, the bust of William Birdwood keeps a stiff upper lip in the National Portrait Gallery.