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Heroine knits
Magazine article by Sophia Cai, 2017
‘Dear Kate Just – I’m your feminist fan’. Interview by Sophia Cai.
Soft and Sophia, 2015
by Margaret Paley
Image
The powerful, subversive female gaze
Lust
Erotic-platonic
Henry Wade
Biography
Henry Wade (1810–1854), surveyor, was trained in surveying at Dublin College before being employed as a civilian assistant by the Royal Engineers Corps.
1 portrait in the collection
Rose Byrne, 2001 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Nicole Kidman AC
Biography
Nicole Kidman (b. 1967), actor, began her film career as a teenager in the Australian ventures Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits (1983).
3 portraits in the collection
Nicole Kidman, 2002 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Nicole Kidman, c. 1980
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Maurice Felton
Biography
Maurice Appleby Felton (1803-1842) arrived in Sydney with his wife and four children in late 1839 as surgeon to the immigrant ship the Royal Admiral.
3 portraits in the collection
Collection: Icons
Volume Two
Previous exhibition, 2018
The second instalment of a display featuring bold contemporary portraits drawn from the collection. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.
Lewis Morley
Myself and Eye
Previous exhibition, 2003
Lewis Morley has a great eye for a shot and a sharp ear for a pun
Vanity Fair Portraits
Photographs 1913-2008
Previous exhibition, 2009
Vanity Fair Portraits traces the birth and evolution of photographic portraiture through the archives of Vanity Fair magazine.
First Ladies
Significant Australian Women 1913–2013
Previous exhibition, 2013
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.
Australian Visit
Previous exhibition, 2006
The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.
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.
Star signs
Magazine article by Barry York, 2018
Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.