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Australian troop horse, full marching order
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Maker: Lambert, George
Study of a bay troop horse wearing a 1902 pattern bridle, 1912 Universal Pattern saddle, and brown saddle blanket. Attached to the saddle is a pair of saddle wallets, greatcoat, rolled grey blanket, a...ART02689
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Broken down gharry horse, Cairo
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a bay stallion in a bridle, that would have been used to pull a cart, together with a seated Egyptian man wearing a red tarboosh (fez). He is most likely the gharry (cart) driver.ART02703
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Canal, Helwan
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a group of Egyptians carrying water away from a freshwater canal in Helwan, which is near Cairo. Other groups are working in the fields. In the distance are hot baking chalk-white hills. Th...ART30045
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Colour note near Mena (1st expedition)
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Maker: Lambert, George
Early in 1915 the Australian forces had camped on the outskirts of Cairo, on the sandy flats at Mena, near the pyramids. Lambert was interested in the local colour and light and in this work concentr...ART02848
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Pyramids
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts the pyramids at Giza with the pyramids of Cheops [Khufu] in the foreground. Because Egypt was a protectorate of Britain until 1952, it was a major strategic base for the Allied forces during...ART30044
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Road to Mena, showing the Pyramids
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape scene looking towards the Great Pyramids along a road to Mena, showing a road in the foreground, beside a canal reflecting light, leads past flat roofed buildings towards four rece...ART02816
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Stretcher bearers
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Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze statue of a soldier lying on a stretcher with two stretcher bearers tending him. This edition was cast in bronze in 1985 by Meridian Sculpture Founders, Melbourne.ART40930
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The Nile from Gezira
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape seen across the Nile from the island of Gezireh, with two small sailing boats (Felucca) on dark blue water. Palm trees and two animals stand on the bank, and a town covers the hill...ART02821
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The Wassah, Cairo
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a city street with shops and awnings, various figures, and a donkey and a cart. The street is part of the Wassah, the 'red light' district of Cairo, and the scene of several riots in 1915 wher...ART02755