Item - Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA

ID UNSW P 1963/0291 (082077)
Artist Judy CASSAB (1920 - 2015)
Title Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA
Alternate Titles Emeritus Professor Sir Philip Baxter
Category Painting
Medium oil on hardboard
Materials oil pigments, hardboard support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 99.00
  Width 74.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right
  Signed in black pigment: Cassab 1963
Produced  
  When 1963
  Where Australia, NSW, Sydney
Style Narrative
Subject Portrait
Credit Line Commissioned 1963
Description/Remarks    Emeritus Professor Sir John Philip Baxter KBE, CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA, Director 1953-55, Vice Chancellor 1955-69 was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of NSW. Baxter was appointed OBE in 1946, CMG in 1959 and KBE in 1965 for services to science and engineering.
Exhibition History The Clever Country: Scientists in Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, (31/05/1996 - 17/11/1996)
Bibliography Moyal, A., The Clever Country: Scientists in Australia, National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, 1996, Pg.10; col. 1.
ISBN 0 642 10674 6
©Reproduced with permission.

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