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 |