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

W B McInnes Mr Frank Tate, CMG, MA

oil on canvas

142 x 95.8 cm

Image courtesy National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Now in the National Gallery of Victoria collection, this is the first of two portraits of Frank Tate that WB McInnes entered into the Archibald Prize. The other was in the 1929 competition, and is now in the University of Melbourne collection.