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The bronze sculpture on Howard Street portrays Judith Anketell as a nine-year-old, based on a sitting she gave Perth sculptor Karin Tulloch in 1936. PerthNow reported that councillor Lisa Scaffidi unveiled the bronze cast on 11 November 2008, after Anketell contacted local politicians about the original sculpture.
Who is the girl in the bronze sculpture?
She is Judith Anketell, shown at age nine. In a feature published on 4 December 2011, PerthNow reported that Anketell posed for sculptor Karin Tulloch in 1936, sitting in Tulloch’s studio over three winter months.
PerthNow placed Tulloch’s studio at 15 Howard Street and Anketell’s home at number 18. The account offers a glimpse of a period when artists and residents shared the city’s streets: Scaffidi recalled, “They literally were art studios, and people lived and worked in the city and had studios in the city, which is really what we’re talking about wanting more of today.”
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Why did the sculpture become bronze decades later?
PerthNow reported that Tulloch intended to send the plaster cast to England to be bronzed, but the plan was interrupted by World War II. The article says Tulloch later moved to Melbourne and gave sculptures to the people who had modelled for them. Anketell kept the original sculpture at home.
According to Scaffidi’s account in PerthNow, Anketell wrote to local politicians about the sculpture. That prompted research and work that led to a bronze cast being made and installed on Howard Street. Scaffidi described it as “a beautiful history story that harks back to something that truly happened in Howard Street during that era.”
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What does the photograph show?
The photograph accompanying PerthNow’s story shows Scaffidi with Anketell and the bronze cast. Scaffidi called it a special picture because Anketell had written to her about the original in her home, explaining that her children did not want it. The quotation, as printed by PerthNow, reads: “This is a special photograph in many ways because I received a letter from Judith telling me that this original of the sculpture was in her house and none of her kids really wanted it it didn’t mean so much to them.”
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What is known about the sculpture’s public placement?
PerthNow reported that Scaffidi unveiled the bronze on Howard Street on 11 November 2008 and described it as having a permanent place there when the feature appeared on 4 December 2011. That 2011 account does not establish whether the sculpture remains there or whether the location is currently accessible.
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These historical details come from PerthNow’s Staff Writer PerthNow feature, “Bronze sculpture is Scaffidi’s favourite snap”, published 4 December 2011.
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