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| Accession Number | ART02683 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 31.4 x 39.8 cm; unframed: 11.9 x 20.5 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on wood panel (cigar box lid) |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Egypt: Suez Canal, Ismailia |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Native quarters, Ismailia
Description
Depicts a town with flat roofed buildings, with a white road in the foreground, a palm tree to the right. Ismailia, a town established by the Suez Canal company in 1863, it is situated on the Suez Canal. It is approximately midway between Suez and Port Said and is the western end of the central route across Sinai. The town is planned in a French style with squares, gardens and tree-lined boulevards. The General Headquarters of the British force under Murray was situated at Ismailia until September 1916, when it was moved to Cairo.
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