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Tom ROBERTS | Sketch portrait - Senator J.T. Walker

Tom ROBERTS
 England 1856 – Kallista 1931 AD
Australia from 1869; England, Europe 1881- 85, 1903-23

Sketch portrait - Senator J.T. Walker Study for 'The opening of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth, 9th May 1901' 1901 , oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
9.2 (h) x 7.9 (w) cm
signed and dated lower left in oil, 'T. R 1901' inscribed lower left centre in oil, 'J.T./ Walker' National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1976.566 Purchased 1976

Scottish-born J.T. Walker (1841–1923) was a Liberal and Free Trade senator from 1901 until 1913, and a long-term director of the Bank of New South Wales.