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William Dargie Professor Harold Dew, PRACS, FRCS (Eng)

oil on canvas

114.5 x 88 cm

Image of replica courtesy Royal Australian College of Surgeons

William Dargie’s original Archibald painting of surgeon Harold Drew (1891-1962) was destroyed in a fire in 1957. He painted a replica in 1961, which is in the collection of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.