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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), potter and industrialist, became an apprentice to his potter brother, Thomas, at an early age.
1 portrait in the collection



Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007

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





Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005



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



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Michael Desmond discusses Irving Penn's photographic portrait of Nicole Kidman.


This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.

When the stars align

Noah Taylor (b. 1969) left school at 16 to join Melbourne's St Martin's Youth Theatre.
1 portrait in the collection

Australian photographer Karin Catt has photographed world leaders, a host of rock stars and Oscar-winning compatriots Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, and Cate Blanchett.