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Wakelin, Roland Shakespeare (1887–1971)

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Roland Shakespeare Wakelin (1887-1971)

Roland Shakespeare Wakelin (1887-1971)

National Portrait Gallery, 2001.191, self portrait in Green Hues c1962, oil on board, 54 x 41.5cm, gift of Philip Bacon AM 2001, with the permission of Judith Murray

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Birth

17 April, 1887
Greytown, New Zealand

Death

28 May, 1971 (aged 84)
Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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