| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART02680 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 22 x 28.2 cm; unframed: 15.6 x 21.9 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on wood panel |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Sinai Palestine 1917 |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Talat ed Dumm |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Headquarters, Desert Corps
Description
This was painted about one-and-a-half miles to the east of Talaat ed Dumm, where General Chauvel had established this camp as his headquarters beside the Jericho road. Lambert stayed in the camp in May 1918, when he visited the Jordan Valley. Lambert has depicted the camp as he saw it, a landscape filled with tents and telegraph poles. Hills are visible in the distance and there is a dog pictured to the lower right of the work.