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Marian Drew

Brisbane-based Marian Drew (b. 1960) is a photographic artist and Adjunct Associate Professor in Photography at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

1 portrait in the collection

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer, 2007

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned 2007

Maie Casey

Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey AC

Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey AC, Baroness Casey (1892-1983), chatelaine, artist, pilot and author, was born in Melbourne, the daughter of the Surgeon General, Sir Charles Ryan.

1 portrait in the collection

Maie Casey

Ethel Marian (Maie) Casey

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1967

Maie Casey

Maie Casey

Maie Casey

Maie Casey, 1953

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2016

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe (1907-2007) is considered to be one of the major ceramic artists of his time particularly in the field of arthenware (lower-fired and more colourful work than stoneware).

1 portrait in the collection

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe

Allan Lowe, c. 1955

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alan Lowe and Marian Lowe 2000

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng (1831–1888), merchant, was born and grew up in the British colony of Penang and came to Melbourne in 1853.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892), politician, studied and tutored in law at Oxford before coming to Australia in 1842.

4 portraits in the collection

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, 2017

Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing

Purchased 2019

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke)

Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke), n.d.

Portrait, watercolour on card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, 1870

Elliott and Fry

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng, c. 1887

Ludwig Lang after Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co

Portrait, tinted lithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Statesmen, No. 4

Meeting by Murder

Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005

The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4

Statesmen, No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2013

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4

Statesmen No. 4 "An enemy to democracy, yet a professor of liberal principles, which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England" (Viscount Robert Lowe), 1869

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, colour lithograph on paper

Gift of Leo Schofield AM 2005

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