Human Kind: transforming identity in Australian and British portraits 1700-1900

Summary
The National Gallery of Victoria’s outstanding collection of Australian and British portraits, spanning the Enlightenment and the dawn of Federation, say much about this nation’s cultural evolution within a global context. This project will produce an interdisciplinary study of these portraits.
Investigators
Associate Professor Alison Inglis (University of Melbourne)
Professor Deirdre Coleman (University of Melbourne)
Dr Ted Gott (National Gallery of Victoria)
Dr Vivien Gaston (University of Melbourne)
Themes related to this project
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