[Portrait of Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister]

(1949 to 1969) oil on canvas 90.5 x 70.0 cm signed lower right: wepidgeon ’49 and revised to ‘69 Arrangements were made by Ian Fitchett (R.G. Menzies's Press Secretary and a former journalist and friend of Bill's) to have Menzies sit for the painting. Initially completed in 1949 and entered into 1950 Archibald. Was touched up and finessed over the years and eventually dated as 1969.