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Coming South 1886

Coming South 1886

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Tom ROBERTS
born Great Britain 1856
died 1931
Coming South 1886
oil on canvas
63.5 x 52.2 cm
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson in memory
of John and Anne Gibson, settlers (1887), 1967
1738-5

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Coming South is a definitive image of the migrant experience, and can be seen to be Tom Roberts' first exploration of one of the great themes of Australian life.

Story objects

The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm 1837

Coming South 1886

Captain Richard Brooks (1826-27)

Mrs Richard Brooks (1826-27)

The gold diggers 1854

Standing cup and cover (c. 1859)

An emigrant's thoughts of home 1859

Winter morning near Heidelberg 1866

Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor 1867

Tasmanian Aborigines (1856-57)

Sea and sky 1902

Endormies (c. 1904)

Il miracolo 1957-1958

Madame Pfund (1887)

Wardrobe from the Mathias suite (1906-07)

Shallow chest on stand (c. 1948)

The bathers (1989)

Sexy and dangerous (1996)

International behaviour 2000