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Peter Porter, 2009

Portrait, bromide fibre print

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Norman McBeath 2011

Susie Porter

Susie Porter

Susie Porter

Susie Porter, 2000 (printed 2001)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2001

Les Murray

Poets' Portraits

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005

The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.

Emma Tear Tack

Emma Tear Tack

Emma Tear Tack

Emma Tear Tack, 2017

Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing

Purchased 2019

Dorothy Porter

Beautiful bones

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011

Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.

Sherbet

Sherbet

Sherbet

Sherbet, 1974 (printed 2002)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Sherbet

Sherbet

Sherbet

Sherbet, 1974

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania

Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858 (printed 1890s)

Portrait, glass plate negative

Purchased 2011

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857

Maria Brownrigg

Portrait, watercolour and collage on paper

Purchased 2017

Emma Hamilton, c. 1785 George Romney

Emma Hamilton

Emma Lee – flight, 2021 Mike Rutherford

Emma Lee – flight

Mike Rutherford

Ruby (left view), 2022 Shea Kirk

The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Madame Melba

Madame Melba

Madame Melba

Madame Melba, 1922

Harold Cazneaux

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Portrait 16

June - August 2005

This issue of Portrait Magazine features portraits by Rick Amor, colonial charicatures, Les Murray, Peter Porter, Helen Garner and more.

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland

Dame Nellie Melba GBE

Dame Nellie Melba GBE (1861–1931), world-renowned soprano, was born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne.

8 portraits in the collection

Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba,

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

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