We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

William Pidgeon Professor JJ Auchmuty, Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle

oil on composition board

104.3 x 76.5 cm

Image courtesy the University of Newcastle

This portrait of historian James Johnston Auchmuty (1909-1981) by William Pidgeon is now in the University of Newcastle art collection (Callaghan campus). Auchmuty was vice-chancellor of the university from 1965 to 1974.