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Nicolas-Martin Petit
Biography
Nicholas-Martin Petit was born in Paris, the son of a fan maker, and learned graphic art in the studio of Jacques Louis David.
9 portraits in the collection
Parabéri, c. 1807
Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased 2011
Cour-rou-bari-gal, published 1807
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Y-erran-gou-la-ga, published 1807
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Oui-re-kine, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Nouvelle-Hollane: N.lle Galles de Sud. Ourou-Maraé, dit bull-dog par leas Anglais, Jeune guerrier de la Tribu des Gwea-Gal (New Holland: New South Wales. Ouron Marae, called Bull Dog by the English. a young Warrior of the Gwea Gal tribe), c. 1800
B Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, colour printed stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Nourou-gal-derri, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Ourou-Maré, dit Bull-Dog par les Anglais, Jeune Guerrier de la Tribu des Gwé-Gal, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet, Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, leather bound volume containing a double-page map of Australia, seven full-page charts, two double-page views, 27 hand-coloured engraving plates and 31 uncoloured engraving plates
Purchased 2017
Gnoung-a-gnoung-a Mour-re-mour-ga (dit Collins), 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Jacques Arago, c. 1830s
Nicolas Maurin, Alexandre Sixdeniers
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Mandy Martin
Biography
Mandy Martin (1952–2021), painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Adelaide and studied at the South Australian School of Art from 1972 to 1975.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir James Martin
Biography
Sir James Martin (1820-1886) was fourth Chief Justice of New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Martin Schoeller
Close up
Previous exhibition, 2010
German-born American photographer Martin Schoeller's first exhibition in Australia presents compelling large-scale portraits. The exhibition explores human identity through photographs of individuals accustomed and unaccustomed to the spotlight.
Gabrielle Martin
Biography
Gabrielle Martin is a Melbourne artist. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) in 1991 and a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) in 1993.
4 portraits in the collection
Martin Philbey
Biography
Martin Philbey (b. 1962) is a Melbourne-based photographer who has amassed an archive of 100,000 images over his twenty-year career.
4 portraits in the collection