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Tom Roberts
Caleb (1907); cast (1973)
bronze
46.6 × 18.5 × 22.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown OBE, 1983
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Caleb
(1907); cast (1973)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
46.6 × 18.5 × 22.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown OBE, 1983
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Artist Tom Roberts met former art student Elizabeth (Lillie) Williamson in 1880, and they married in 1896. Two years later the pair had a son, Caleb. When Caleb was five years old, the family journeyed to London where Roberts continued working on ‘The Big Picture’, an epic painting recording the opening of Australia’s first Parliament in 1901. Produced during the couple’s years in London, this bust shows Caleb around the age of eleven.
As an adult, Caleb remained in London where he studied at St Paul’s and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He later became a civil engineer and army officer, serving in Palestine and the Western Front during the First World War.