Perhaps most intriguing, certainly most personal of all, is a comparatively small self portrait made in the late 1930s. In it Dargie appears spectacled, his beret and necktie suggesting the bohemian disposition of an artist. Painted when he was in his twenties, the artist returns the gaze of the viewer almost as a statement of presentation or intent. There is a youthful candor to the portrait which in retrospect we are able to savour, aware of the remarkable future of this young man and the impact he would have on the history of Australian portraiture in the 20th century. (http://www.portrait.gov.au/magazines/9/sir-william-dargie-cbe)