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Winner: Archibald Prize 1940

Max Meldrum Dr J Forbes Mackenzie

oil on canvas

96 x 78.7 cm

The subject of this portrait by Max Meldrum is John Forbes Cock Mackenzie (1879–1970), originally spelled McKenzie in the work’s title. The painting is in the collection of St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, where Mackenzie was a surgeon.