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Accession Number | ART02684 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 25.2 x 33 cm x 4.2 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on cigar box lid |
Maker |
Lambert, George |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine |
Date made | 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A crash in the desert
Description
Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnaissance and bombing, spending much time behind enemy lines. Besides the usual dangers of anti-aircraft fire and the unreliability of the early aircraft, there were difficulties of escaping after a forced landing. George Lambert painted this scene during his first visit to Palestine in 1918.